George Howe Colt > Quotes

“When I was growing up my mother used to tell me that the best gift parents could give their children was to have a strong and loving relationship with each other.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

“Once we accept the fact of loss, we understand that the loved one obstructed a whole corner of the possible, pure now as a sky washed by rain,” wrote Camus.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

“A summer house in winter is a forlorn thing. In its proper season, every door is unlocked, every window wide open. People, too, are more open in summer, moving through the house and each other’s lives as freely as the wind. Their schools and offices are distant, their guard is down, their feet are bare.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

“condoned suicide when committed to avoid dishonor or sin, to save oneself from death by torture, or to offer up one’s own life to save that of a friend.”
― George Howe Colt, November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide

“People, too, are more open in summer, moving through the house and each other’s lives as freely as the wind.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

“One didn’t talk about one’s feelings any more than one talked about taking out the garbage.”
― George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home