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Hearth Quotes

Quotes on home and hearth

This collection of hearth quotes centers on the Home fire as a symbol of comfort, from simple farmhouses to grand built-in furniture.

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

Having blown up my own long-term marriage via an extramarital affair, followed by a traumatic divorce, I tend to think of love as less a gently glowing hearth than a set of flaming train tracks you strap yourself onto.

Quotes by Sandra Tsing Loh

The simple hearth of the small farm is the true center of our universe.

Quotes by Masanobu Fukuoka

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

Quotes by Joan Crawford

Comfort Quotes

Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.

Quotes by James Payn

We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But...

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.

Quotes by C. S. Forester

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do hearth quotes say about traditional homes?
One describes small stone houses in the Scottish Orkneys built around a central hearth with extraordinary built-in furniture.
How do hearth quotes describe the farm home?
One calls the simple hearth of a small farm the true center of the universe, emphasizing its everyday importance.
Is love compared to a hearth in these quotes?
Yes, one compares love to fire that can either warm your hearth or burn down your house.
Do hearth quotes reference personal relationships?
One reflects on a long-term marriage ending in divorce, describing love as more like flaming train tracks than a glowing hearth.
What overall theme connects hearth quotes?
They tie the hearth to Home, comfort, and the unpredictable nature of love itself.

Other lines compare love itself to a hearth, an Emotion that can just as easily warm a house as burn it down.