Archive

Quotes

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.

—Rebecca West, 1912

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

—Maya Angelou, 1986

For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

—Jane Austen, 1813

Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

—Samuel Johnson, 1771

Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.

—George Bernard Shaw, 1903

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

—Rose Macaulay, 1925

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in.

—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1895

It’s your business when your neighbor’s wall is in flames.

—Horace, 19 BC

Men are merriest when they are from home.

—William Shakespeare, 1599

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.

—Fran Lebowitz, 1981
  •