His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and read more

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

A house is a machine for living in.

A house is a machine for living in.

A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.

A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children read more

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, read more

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for read more

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.

People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.

People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is read more

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.