“It is curious, isn't it, that things you know well never look dirty and dilapidated-other people's old furniture looks shabby and moth-eaten. “I would never have that horrible old couch in my room,” you say. But your own old couch is every bit as bad and you are not disgusted with its appearance; it is your friend, you see, and you remember it when it was new and smart. Friends that you have known for a long time and love very dearly never seem to grow old.” PeopleKnowsWellsLooksLongSeemsRememberGrowsBitsRoomsKnownLong TimeSmartAnd LoveAppearanceHorribleCuriousDirtyFurnitureCouchesMothsDisgustedTime And LoveShabby Author:D.E. Stevenson
“A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself up, in order that she might preserve that appearance of being taken by surprise which is so essential to the polite reception of visitors, awaited their coming with a smiling countenance.” MightFunnyOrderRoomsTakenMissingEssentialsHumorousSurpriseAppearanceRingsPreservesLengthBellsModestPoliteVisitorsCountenanceReceptionHurrying Book:THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, AND SKETCHES BY Source: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, AND SKETCHES BY
“My workspace is a white room with a big computer monitor and a light box. It can be very messy. Sometimes I get into trouble with my husband for that. Then I run around like a lunatic cleaning up and creating the appearance of order.” SometimesBigsLightRunningOrderWhiteRoomsTroubleHusbandComputerCreatingBoxesAppearanceMy HusbandCleaningMessyLunaticCleaning UpWorkspace Author:Catherine Martin
“She walked quickly around her one-room apartment. After more than four years in this one home she knew all its possibilities, how it could put on a sham appearance of warmth and welcome when she needed a place to hide in, how it stood over her in the night when she woke suddenly, how it could relax itself into a disagreeable unmade, badly-put-together state, mornings like this, anxious to drive her out and go back to sleep.” YearsStatesHomeTogetherNightWomenSleepRoomsMorningFourPossibilityNeededAppearanceWelcomeRelaxWarmthAnxiousFour YearsApartmentDisagreeable Book:The Magic of Shirley Jackson Source: The Magic of Shirley Jackson