Living Quote by Jon Richardson

When I was 23, my Norwegian relatives taught me how to sit still. During the long sunlit evenings in the summer of 1992, my…

— Hope Jahren

One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.

— Lillian Hellman

I had but three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship; three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The armchairs, with their flat, sedentary cushions, were designed for society, but the bed was made for solitude. It had a straitened and measured…

— Amit Chaudhuri

Them as ha' never had a cushion don't miss it.

— George Eliot

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you…

— Francisco Costa

“At the Richardson house were overstuffed sofas so deep you could sink into them as if into a bubble bath. Credenzas. Heavy sleigh beds.…

— Celeste Ng

In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he…

— Wendell Pierce

We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I'm coming from NY, so sometimes when we weren't working I would just…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I might have 'couch syndrome.' I'm always sleeping on the couch at home, even when I have a comfortable bed. I'm used to it.

— Vic Mensa

I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

This was when I was on the balcony of my house when it was summer time...!

— Shaniaacannon