Architecture Quote by Judith Clancy

“For home had a way of shifting, of changing shape and temperature. Home was homeless. It could exist anywhere, because its only substance was…

— Diana Evans

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and…

— Susan Orlean

“So, for a variety of reasons, ranging from convenience to fear to economics, people stayed in their own neighborhood, loving it, enjoying the closeness,…

— Mike Royko

“We find comfort in routine and in the warmth of our own living rooms.”

— Elizabeth Rudnick

“We had been here often before as tourists, desperate for our annual ration of two or three weeks of true heat and sharp light.…

— Peter Mayle

“To live in a city, one must be larger than one's environment or enjoy belonging to the crowd.”

— Louis L'Amour

“After we passed a few more houses, the street ceased to mantain any pretense of urbanity, like a man returning to his little village…

— Bruno Schulz

“The over-ripe, golden autumn which had taken hold of the town tugged at our heartstrings. The nomadic life makes you sensitive to the seasons:…

— Nicolas Bouvier

“The soft humidity of the evening, so pleasant to walk about in earlier, had turned to rain. The strolling tourists had melted away. One…

— Daphne du Maurier

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

— Elsie de Wolfe

“How could you live somewhere so icy cold and imposing, so clearly in conflict with the rest of the city, the rest of the…

— Corey Ann Haydu

“villages grew into towns, towns into cities. And people began to live on the earth rather than within it.”

— Patrick Ness