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“A silent house felt deeply unnatural, like a silent heart.”

— Amy Cross

“I realized that whilst crying over the loss, the living did not seem adequate because they were not my loved one. The room full…

— Phindiwe Nkosi

“Empirically, the home had been designed to suit its purpose, and it did so quite well. It was a place where dreams died and…

— Joseph DiFrancesco

“We cry in our own rooms, remembering a man who will never be here again.The house creaks. Maybe it feels the weight of our…

— Rochelle Maya Callen

“Enough of little lives led by little people, crumpling under the weight of stress. And enough of empty ambition masquerading as something grand yet…

— Louie Giglio

“Only those who have not paid a high price for the gentle joy of living and breathing can allow themselves feelings of melancholy, denial…

— Alexander Kushner

“What had once been a charming neighborhood of small, quaint bungalows had metastasized over the decades into a nearly seamless mass of bloated, multistoried…

— Tyler Dilts

“Houses were a particular nightmare for her, bringing into play two of the most conflicting forces in her nature: absolute dependence on living in…

— Caroline Moorehead

“Altogether, a pleasant place, marred by activities of unpleasant people whose qualities, perhaps, are sad reflections of sadder environments.”

— Walter Greenwood

“Home is not necessarily, where the heart is. It is also, where good food,people, and sanity resides. even if that accounts for a house,…

— anjali mukherjee

“Sadness is the heart withdrawing to seek shelter from the pain.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“i wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. i wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.…

— Leo Tolstoy