From Enchantment (1948)

The following is an excerpt from the movie, Enchantment (1948).  It had an opening scene set in a city with the focus on a house and the following is part of the opening words:

 

You almost passed me.

No wonder.

We all look a like...

you can only know what makes a house different if you stop.

You must go inside and spend a little time....

See what the mirrors have seen,

Know what the clocks know

Hear what the walls have heard

Listen with your heart

I am more than stone and wood.

Somethings here are the same common to all houses

A doorbell echos in the hall,

footsteps run up and down the stairs,

a piano is played,

windows opened and shut

a tap runs and is silent

A light goes on in a room at night, and then goes off again

But those are the pulse beats, not the heart.

I miss my people 

In me they live

I could not have said it any better.  I heard those first few words as we were flipping through the channels one night.  I did not watch the entire movie...but I did watch for a little bit.  I love those lines:
  
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know,
Hear what the walls have heard