I stood on the street, staring up at the most normal-looking house in the world. My house. I'd lived there my entire life. It was home. It was safe.
It was haunted.
The only other explanation was that I was demented. I couldn't say which I was rooting for.
He hadn't lied. He honestly liked her house, for the same reasons he was drawn to the woman. There was no artifice about either one.
Ruth WindIt is not real," he whispered. "This place is only a thought that has grabbed hold of you. It cannot harm you. You are not of this place, and it has no power over you. You do not need it, nor do you owe it your allegiance." I nodded, listening only to his words and not to the rattling of the windows, which had begun as soon as we stepped inside.
Rita MurphyTags: power evil house windows darkness magic gothic possessed rattling
Let's sum up... a little house, white and green or to be made so... with trees, preferably birch and spruce... a window looking seaward... on a hill. That sounds very possible... but there is one other requirement. There must be magic about it, Jane... lashings of magic... and magic houses are scarce, even on the Island. Have you any idea at all what I mean, Jane?"
Jane reflected.
"You want to feel that the house is yours before you buy it," she said.
"Jane," said dad, "you are too good to be true.
Hate destroys, love builds: be a creator. Fear closes, love opens: be an advocate for life. Guilt stagnates, love permits: be a peaceful warrior. Anger takes away, love gives: be a foundation for life. A defeatist attitude makes its own bed while love has the power to design its very own house.
Madelaine StandingTags: fear power peace house living attitude anger design lifestyle loving warrior foundation
Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As soon as you laugh from nerves or make a joke or say something just to say something or get all involved with the bushes, then you blow open a window in your house of desire and it can’t heat up as well. Cold draft comes in.
Aimee BenderTags: house metaphor desire heat
It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices.
Roger BaconTags: man house human-nature human prejudices burn easier
The Lord said unto me, 'I will take my rest and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs.
AnonymousTags: home house lord relaxation rest relax the-lord herbs dwelling herb isaiah-18-4-5
If you are living in a beautiful house surrounded by beautiful environment, you know not where to stay, inside or outside?
Mehmet Murat ildanTags: house
...Because beauty is typically the result of a few qualities working in concert, it can take more to guarantee the appeal of a bridge or a house than strength alone. (p 205)
Alain de BottonTags: beauty house design bridge
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