Moving House Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

Moving house drops you into a flood of boxes and decisions, and the snippets capture that sudden rush. Ten different voices recount chaos, surprise, and the odd humor that surfaces when a new door opens. If you also crave deeper takes on life transitions, the Organization and Stress Management pages offer collections.

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The only pleasure in redecorating or moving house comes from stumbling across books that I'd almost forgotten I owned.

John Burnside

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I'm always moving apartments or moving houses or moving cities.

Paul Wesley

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That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new…

Val McDermid

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I think I would be happy in that place I happen not to be, and this question of moving house is the…

Charles Baudelaire

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“I think I would be happy in that place I happen not to be, and this question of moving house is the…

Bruce Chatwin

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Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs…

Graham Norton

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Emma Thompson and her husband, Greg Wise, have become citizens of Venice. I'm not sure whether it's just laziness, or fear of…

Susanna Reid

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Whether or not you welcome it, moving house requires you to make choices about the past as you move into the future.…

Julia Gillard

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Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles…

Luciana Berger

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“Studies suggest that Scots spend less on home décor than anywhere else in the UK, but what we do spend big on…

Gabriella Bennett

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