A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

 

"It's so lovely that no one who lives in this house owns it. We don't own the earth so why would we dream of 'owning' a property on it? We're just visiting. Even if we buy land, it isn't ours. Not really. Renting is such a great reflection of our transitory reality as human beings. I don't know why people get funny about it."