Blue and white Quote by Eleanor Perenyi

“The house was decorated in unrelieved white and black. The people were, too. If it were up to me, I would carry a great…

— Karen Marie Moning

“By the standards of a tourist strolling past looking for a quick lunch, the place was a dive. The sign on the window was…

— Scott B. Pruden

“The house was clean, scrubbed and immaculate, curtains washed, windows polished, but all as a man does it - the ironed curtains did not…

— John Steinbeck

“The first two rooms were in the same state as the corridor. Dirty, and piled with junk. Dead typewriters, telephones, three-legged chairs. I was…

— Hugh Laurie

“They became desperate for an antidote, such as coziness & color. They tried to bury the obligatory white sofas under Thai-silk throw pillows of…

— Tom Wolfe

“The explanations race through my mind, but before I can think of any more, I see a giant, grayish-purple body coming through the doors. …

— Andrew Vu

“The entrance hall was designed to impress. The floor was a buttery cream-colored marble and the walls were paneled in dark wood. I'm not…

— Eileen Cook

“The room was dark and velvety from the royal blue wallpaper with its gold pattern, but even here the echo of the flaming day…

— Bruno Schulz

“It was a weird mélange of alien architectures, as if these were buildings snatched at random from all times and places and reassembled in…

— Paul Magrs

“It became rather embarrassing after awhile. I’d step off the plane and there they’d be, all huddled together to meet me in their black…

— Anton Szandor LaVey

“of personal care, no towels, toothpaste or soap. The inside of the house was a tasteful tomb. Loneliness by IKEA.”

— James Bennett

“I wanted to live in a house with walls painted in various shades of blue and green, instead of the eggshell hue that screamed…

— Tayari Jones