“I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long time who hasn't somehow made room in their love story for the hate and resentment that they sometimes feel toward each other.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsLooksLongMadeSometimesStoriesTogetherHateRoomsMarriedLong TimeLove StoryResentmentHappy Together Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The idea (for the painting 'Room in New York', 1932, ed.) had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along city streets at night, probably near the district where I live (Washington Square, New York, fh) although it's no particular street or house, but is really a synthesis of many impressions.” MindLongIdeasNightHouseRoomsCitiesStreetsNew YorkParticularPaintingLong TimeImpressionSquaresInteriorsGlimpseSynthesisCity StreetsStreets At Night Author:Edward Hopper
“Your mother calls and says she hasn't seen you for a long time. The first year: You invite her for a week. You give her your room, and you both sleep on the lumpy studio couch. The fifth year: Your mother sleeps on the lumpy studio couch. The tenth year: You send the children to mother.” GivingYearsFirstsChildrenLongMotherSleepRoomsWeekLong TimeStudiosInvitesFifthCouchesYour Room Author:Lois Wyse
“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
“Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her.” PeopleLongNightStarsPleasureRoomsSunSkySweetWindFlowerLong TimeCatLikesSilverCarrieBowlsMidnightPurpleMoonlightLiquidNight SkyMistrustPaws Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“You can get rid of the column. It's a little like staying at a hotel; you get used to the shape of the room, and then you're gone. With a novel you move into town and stay for a long time. That's both comforting and terrifying.” LittlesLongMovingUsedRoomsNovelGoneShapesLong TimeTownsHotelStayingComfortingColumns Author:Anna Quindlen
“People go to Vegas, and they don't know what to do; here's what you do. You go to the casino in your hotel. On your arrival, you get $100 in quarters. Take that $100 back to your hotel room and stare at it for a long, long time. Why? Because you're never going to see them again. Then you take those quarters to the bathroom and you flush them, one by one by one. And the nice thing about that is that every so often the toilet will back up, and you'll feel like a WINNER!” PeopleKnowsFeelsLongHumorFunnyRoomsNiceLong TimeWinnerStaringHotelQuartersBathroomToiletsVegasNice ThingsArrivalsHotel RoomsCasinos Author:Lewis Black
“I find that I have painted my life, things happening in my life - without knowing. After painting the shell and shingle many times, I did a misty landscape of the mountain across the lake, and the mountain became the shape of the shingle - the mountain I saw out my window, the shingle on the table in my room. I did not notice that they were alike for a long time after they were painted.” LongRoomsKnowingSawsPaintingShapesMountainLong TimeHappeningsWindowTablesThings HappenLandscapeLakesShellsMistyShingles Book:Georgia O'Keeffe Source: Georgia O'Keeffe