“I'm pleased to see that the cab is cluttered with cough drop wrappers and empty milk bottles and bits of mud-smeared newspapers made brittle by age. Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat.”
“Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat.”
“Clutter is my natural habitat.”
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
“Think about appearances. I wanted my apartment to be less cluttered, and also to look less cluttered.”
“Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.”