--- title: "7 House Life Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 House Life quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best House Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jason-dolley-35890_california_i-grew-up-in-southern-california-simi-va_223602.jpg" --- > [I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. I've lived in the same house all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-dolley/i-grew-up-in-southern-california-simi-valley-i-ve-lived-in-the-same/) [Jason Dolley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-dolley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jason-dolley-35890_california_i-grew-up-in-southern-california-simi-va_223602.jpg) > [“If I wait for my house or my life to be perfect before inviting someone into it, I might never let anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jo-baker/if-i-wait-for-my-house-or-my-life-to-be-perfect-before-inviting/) [Lisa-Jo Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-jo-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/lisa-jo-baker-27488_door_if-i-wait-for-my-house-or-my-life-to-be_277903.jpg) > [Laws themselves, political Constitutions, are not our Life; but only the house wherein our Life is led.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/laws-themselves-political-constitutions-are-not-our-life-but-only-the/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/thomas-carlyle-207_constitution_laws-themselves-political-constitutions_1389346.png) > [You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/you-take-my-house-when-you-do-take-the-prop-that-doth-sustain-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/william-shakespeare-4_home_you-take-my-house-when-you-do-take-the-p_2363910.jpg) > [The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-lamps-are-lit-the-fires-burn-bright-the-house-is-full-of-life-and/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_fire_the-lamps-are-lit-the-fires-burn-bright_2716728.jpg) > [If we were to live here always, with no other care than how to feed, clothe, and house ourselves, life would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-smith/if-we-were-to-live-here-always-with-no-other-care-than-how-to-feed/) [Alexander Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/alexander-smith-4402_care_if-we-were-to-live-here-always-with-no-o_2963975.png) > [Spending a lot of time away from home was strange. My parents visited me, obviously, but I was in hospital a lot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-o-farrell/spending-a-lot-of-time-away-from-home-was-strange-my-parents-visited/) [Maggie O'Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-o-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/maggie-o-farrell-9276_home_spending-a-lot-of-time-away-from-home-wa_3133490.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house-life/#itemlist", "name": "House Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. 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