Editing Fence (section)

==Cultural value of fences==
[[File:Thavakkara6.jpg|thumbnail|A fence in [[Thavakkara]], India]]

The value of fences and the metaphorical significance of a fence, both positive and negative, has been extensively utilized throughout western culture. A few examples include:
*"Good fences make good neighbors." – a proverb quoted by [[Robert Frost]] in the poem "[[Mending Wall]]"
*"A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it." – [[Arthur Baer]]
*"There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need." – [[William Faulkner]]
*"Fear is the highest fence." – [[Dudley Nichols]]
*"To be fenced in is to be withheld." – [[Kurt Tippett]]
*"What have they done to the earth?&nbsp;/ What have they done to our fair sister?&nbsp;/ Ravaged and plundered&nbsp;/ and ripped her&nbsp;/ and bit her&nbsp;/ stuck her with knives&nbsp;/ in the side of the dawn&nbsp;/ and tied her with fences&nbsp;/ and dragged her down." – [[Jim Morrison]], of [[The Doors]]
*"[[Don't Fence Me In (song)|Don't Fence Me In]]" – [[Cole Porter]]
*"You shall build a turtle fence." – [[Peter Hoekstra]]
*"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view." – [[Sophia Loren]]