Quote by M. L. Forman

“The host with the most horrible manners. If he invites you, send a sick note. If he insists, take to your bed and die.”

— Lindsey Davis

“As often as not, a man who sticks at home knows next to nothing about his guest.”

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

“have you only comfort, and the lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and…

— Kahlil Gibran

“sit down and take dinner with us - a guest that is safe from repeating his visit, can generally be made welcome...”

— Emily Brontë

“It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.”

— Tahir Shah

“You know where my house is.” He”

— Joanna Chambers

“You're my guest, and hosts generally do feed their guests, you know." Her natural ebullience returning, she flashed him an impish smile. "Even when…

— Sabrina Jeffries

“Be friendly with the cookhouse detail.”

— Lee Child

“It is no harm to accept an invitation of a stranger, but better visit an occasion of people we know well.”

— Toba Beta

“I mean, if a man's really master of his house, he doesna need to tell folks so.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“How little you might know of a person after living in the same house with them!”

— Agatha Christie

“If you open your house to strangers, who knows who might come in. And what they might be after. Or whom.”

— John Saul