We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough.... We have only to look at the houses we build to see how we build against space, the way we drink against pain and loneliness. We fill up space as if it were a pie shell, with things whose opacity further obstructs our ability to see what is already there.


The Solace of Open Spaces (1985)

Gretel Ehrlich Quotes

We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough.... We have only to look at the houses we build to see how we build ...

We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough.... We have only to look at the houses we build to see how we build ...

We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough.... We have only to look at the houses we build to see how we build ...

We Americans are great on fillers, as if what we have, what we are, is not enough.... We have only to look at the houses we build to see how we build ...