Dining room Quote by Carsten Jensen

“As he made his way back to his home on the Dijver, along the canals, beside the calm waters, Borluut felt his regret, his…

— Georges Rodenbach

“He had first come into the house with her whom he loved. And Daisy was dressed in her bridal gown and wore a white…

— Carson McCullers

“And then there was the expansive garden that ran the length of the rear of the house- lush with color and fragrances that seemed…

— Tracy Anne Warren

“He married and made a home. He went endlessly from house to house and spoke the mission and the truth. The hopeless suffering of…

— Carson McCullers

“So I often saw my father writing under the lamp, scratching his head to find something to write about, even telling her that the…

— Richard Llewellyn

“hands, spine and legs all commandeered for the task. The trapdoor had no choice but to spring open. Kitty ascended to the parapet. It…

— Joseph Caldwell

“Mrs. Dalloway raised her hand to her eyes, and, as the maid shut the door to, and she heard the swish of Lucy's skirts,…

— Virginia Woolf

“And, for her father, it seemed as if it were a home-like, comfortable thought to him, that her mother had one of her children…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

“Outside in front of the bodega, everybody had left. It had started to shower and people had scattered like cockroaches do when you switch…

— David Barclay Moore

“Then he crossed his arms over his chest and began to listen to the radiant voices of the slaves singing the six o'clock Salve…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“One evening he was in his room, his brow pressing hard against the pane, looking, without seeing them, at the chestnut trees in the…

— Théophile Gautier

“Mary fell asleep early, but her dreams were most unpleasant. She was a mouse running across the kitchen floor, and Elizabeth was a sharp-clawed…

— Margaret George