The domestic man, who loves no music so well as his kitchen clock and the airs which the logs sing to him as they burn on the hearth, has solaces which others never dream of.
热爱家庭生活的人,最爱的音乐是厨房的钟声与炉中木柴燃烧的歌声;他拥有的慰藉,是旁人梦也不曾梦见的。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Prudence —