The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“She liked to be in the thick of things and did not delegate easily, except where domestic chores were concerned.” — Mary Allsebrook Copy Share Image
I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“Even when we're not talking, I feel comfortable when I'm by your side, and I think that's wonderful.” — Saekisan Copy Share Image
When I was young, I liked romance. But to me, romance is the opposite of domestic life. I just don't want anyone… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
It is extremely interesting to live in a private house and to see the externalities, at least, of domestic life in a… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
The domestic life of most classes is relatively shabby, as compared with the éclat of that overt portion of their life that… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
“I was lounging in the kitchen, enjoying the small fermata between emptying the dishwasher and reloading it. It's a glamorous life.” — Abbi Waxman Copy Share Image
our domestic lives reflect the major trend that dominates the consumer marketplace today: an ever-increasing emphasis on variety and choice. ... we… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Instantaneous photographs and newspaper enterprise have invaded the sacred precincts of private and domestic life; and numerous mechanical devices threaten to make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some men,” she would add in ominous seriousness, “are nice as pie in public but within their own homes they are mean… — Alistair MacLeod Copy Share Image
The domestic war against "terrorists" [code for young protesters] provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations who are becoming more… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“I don’t mind admitting that I had no control in my house at mealtimes. I’d like to say it was because I… — Elizabeth McGivern Copy Share Image
Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred… — Mary Livermore Copy Share Image
When I think about the reference to baroque, I'm most interested in how art was integrated into domestic life. That's why I… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
“Your god, sir, is the World. In my eyes, you, too, if not an infidel, are an idolater. I conceive that you… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I had always liked staying the night with other families, having your own room with a freshly made bed, full of unfamiliar… — Knausgaard Copy Share Image
Pleasure is to a woman what the sun is to the flower: if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves;… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
... bringing up daughters for nothing but marriage, mingles poison in the cup of domestic life, is traitorous to the virtue of… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Just in case, he had asked Ms. Townson to call him if William talked about leaving town. He hadn’t, obviously, making it… — Jay Bell Copy Share Image
“October's Double by Stewart Stafford Light a fire in flinty February, As the evening time comes down, Welcome all the family home… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“The same rumour continued: Patroni made love the same way he did everything else – with a long, thin cigar stuck jauntily… — Arthur Hailey Copy Share Image
At present we live to impede each other's satisfactions; competition, domestic life, society, what is it all but this? — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
A morbid propensity that causes great suffering in domestic life is often curiously infectious to the very person for whom it creates… — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an action hero, at all. My domestic life is the same as anyone else's. — Chris Vance Copy Share Image
Literally everything I do is either write songs and play music, or I'm immersed in my domestic life. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory. — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
Domestic life in the past was smelly, cold, dirty and uncomfortable, but we have much to learn from it. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
“She pauses several treads from the bottom, listening, waiting; she is again possessed (it seems to be getting worse) by a dream-like… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I enjoy domestic life. Cooking gives me great pleasure, especially if I can chop vegetables slowly and think about what I'm doing… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
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