Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
When you stroll through Munich it can happen that you suddenly stand in front of an old house, an idyllically-dreaming church that… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
He got the notion into his head that if he restored the old house where they had come that night, Allie would… — The Notebook Copy Share Image
It wasn't until a few years ago, when I was going through old Facebook pictures with a friend, and happened upon a… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“She had been looking all round her again—at the lawn, the great trees, the reedy, silvery Thames, the beautiful old house; and… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Should I Today I am in search of a light, that can show me a way bright, Today I am trying to… — Ratish Edwards Copy Share Image
“You ask me what it means to be irrelevant? The feeling is akin to visiting your old house as a wandering ghost… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Trees arched over the road, their scraggly arms outstretched. Spring was on its way, though ice was still trapped in tree crevices,… — Jaime Jo Wright Copy Share Image
Famous old houses seem to have an intuitive perception of the value of corner lots. If it is a possible thing, they… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“Why do old houses creak so much?" he asked idly, playing with her braid and drawing the silky end across her cheek.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“We could make a meal of what’s left in this box: potato, onion, rind of cheese, elderly egg. We could make another… — Rachel Contreni Flynn Copy Share Image
“For behind the wooden wainscots of all the old houses in Gloucester, there are little mouse staircases and secret trap-doors; and the… — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Latham patted Hayley's knee with a frail, liver-spotted hand. ''I'm sure you do, dear. And I'm afraid those kinds of losses… — Carol Rose Copy Share Image
I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
“There is a marvellous Indian story of a boy who leaves home in search of truth. He goes to various teachers, walking… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
You see, Frank found out the hard way that the dark things lurking in the night don’t haunt old houses or abandoned… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“In the shop, breathing the scent of dusty grease and oil; in the old house, staring into the living room where Dad… — Julene Bair Copy Share Image
Traditional dinosaur theory is full of short circuits. Like the antiquated wiring in an old house, the details sputter and burn out… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
We don't have to remain in this radically destructive mind-set and institutional-set. We can change, and the natural order of things could… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
“History was like an old house at night. With all the lamps lit. And ancestor whispering inside. To understand history, we have… — Arundhati Roy; The God of Small Things Copy Share Image
