Cosy Quotes

“There are three things you can never have enough of in life, Lieutenant: chocolate, friends and the theatre.”
― Jessica Fletcher

“If I only had a kettle and a cat here, she said to herself, I'd be a perfect picture of a useless old lady.”
― Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning

“It was his manner - the warmth of him, like steam rising from tea. One looked at him and thought, Here is a great man, and also a good one, though few men are ever both.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“The train brought them home, but books could take them anywhere they imagined.”
― Luke Adam Hawker, The Last Tree: A seed of hope

“I felt a warmth inside, a cosy, glowy feeling like hot tea on a cold morning.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“All afternoon, all evening, I lay on the couch, wrapped inside a quilt of sitcoms, the same commercials stitching them together.”
― Namwali Serpell, The Furrows

“Girls were pure different from fellas. They lit the room with candles, got extra pillows and cushions from upstairs. Big bags of M&M's and Maltesers. Popcorn with lashings of butter.”
― Colin Walsh, Kala

“I like books too much.”
He paused mid-kiss. “What?”
“You don’t know me. So I’m telling you about me. So you’ll know me
and why it’s better if I leave. I read and I forget anything else exists. And I
don’t forgive anyone who isn’t careful with books. I hate people who tear
out pages, who bend corners, who break the spines.”
“Unforgivable,” he agreed.
She pulled back and frowned at him. “Are you laughing at me?”
“Yes. These aren’t flaws. They’re just . . . you. And I like you. Very
much.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

“My shower wank earlier wasn't enough to help me survive the next few hours.”
― Lowri Charles, Call It Fête

“Drag, to Misty, was freedom. Freedom to wear whatever she wanted, to perform whatever she wanted, to be whoever she wanted. It was a superpower”
― Holly Stars, Murder in the Dressing Room

“Anybody who had the cool mind and cold heart to leave a box of poisoned chocolates might very well be extremely calm under pressure. Oh yes, a poisoned-chocolate murderer was a cruel murderer indeed”
― Holly Stars, Murder in the Dressing Room

“The stairs lead directly into the sitting room: sanded wooden floor, comfortable faded sofa, large flat-screen TV, books covering every available surface. Archaeology books mostly but also murder mysteries, cookery books, travel guides, doctor-nurse romances. Ruth is nothing if not eclectic in her tastes. She has a particular fondness for children’s books about ballet or horse-riding, neither of which she has ever tried.
The kitchen barely has room for a fridge and a cooker but Ruth, despite the books, rarely cooks.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Crossing Places

“I'm so cold. All the time. That's the worst thing. I just can't get warm, not ever. All my heat has to come from without, I'm making none within. My biological central heating is broken. I climb out of the window seat and pull an XXL hoodie out of the bottom drawer and put it on over my sweater. Layers help.”
― Juno Dawson, Stay Another Day

“I roll back and forth in bed until about six, when the heating clanks on and I give up. I pull a sweater over my pyjamas and head for the kitchen. It's still pitch black outside the windows. I like these secret hours, just the house and me.”
― Juno Dawson, Stay Another Day

“It was a book for when the birds had flown south, the wood was stacked by the fireplace, and the fields were white with snow; that is, for when one has no desire to venture out and one's friends had no desire to venture in.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“We passed stacks of books and parchments, the shelves either built into the stone itself or made of dark, solid wood. Hallways lined with both vanished into the mountain itself, and every few minutes, a little reading area popped up, full of tidy tables, low-burning glass lamps, and deep-cushioned chairs and couches. Ancient woven rugs adorned the floors beneath them, usually set before fireplaces that had been carved into the rock and kept well away from any shelves, their grates fine-meshed enough to retain any wandering embers.

Cosy, despite the size of the space; warm, despite the unknown terror lurking below.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“It is a fine word indeed and a deeply pleasing notion. All of my associations with coorie come from childhood - being invited to feel welcome, safe and loved, close by the side of someone making just enough room. Coorie is good for the heart and the soul.”
― Neil Oliver

“The Art of Coorie shows it is possible to be sumptuous and simple at the same time.”
― Louise Welsh

“The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie 1. The Scottish art of of deriving comfort, wellbeing and energy from wild landscapes and convivial interiors.
2. "A hug of a word"
Informal an affectionate nestle into a loved one
See Also the old Gaelic cosagach "snug or cosy”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“In Scotland, you know you're in good company when a friend or family member pats a small space on their couch and invites you to "coorie in". Squashed in next to them, you might not have an awful lot of room but at least you're snug.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie has long been synonymous with nestling affectionately into a loved one, but only recently has it entered everyday parlance as a way to describe a scene.
One equally warm and comforting where a cosy room lit by a flickering fire provides refuge from the banshee wind and horizontal rain outside.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“For some, this idea was a shade too close to the lifestyles our Nordic cousins.
Hygge and lagom, the Danish and Swedish movements of living well.
But while these movements laid the groundwork for a similar trend to emerge in Scotland, coorie has some obvious differences.
Where hygge is concerned with the pursuit of happiness through candles, coffee and togetherness, coorie seeks to make the most of what comes from Scotland to feel satisfied.
Lagom is the art of balancing frugality and fairness to create a balanced existence. Coorie takes into account being kind to the earth and our wallets, but can also extend to premium experiences once in a while.
Crucially, neither of these Scandinavian lifestyle approaches took their starting point from what is dug out of the earth.
Coorie is more than simply being cosy.
Sure, it is linked, but more importantly it focuses on working out how to be in tune with our surroundings to evoke that feeling.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“The new coorie represents a way of life where peacefulness comes from engaging with our heritage, be it in tiny ways or on a grander scale.
Life can be harsh in a country's most isolated locations, but The Art of Coorie explores how ingenuity has been born from extreme conditions.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“On these pages are ruminations on identity past and present.
The key to a coorie life is right in front of us - all that's needed is the desire to build on an awareness of Scotland.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie is to feel included, warm and cosy. For reading a book together or telling stories. Fire on, as well.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie Tip: For a cosy light source guaranteed to withstand rain, buy battery operated fairy lights or frosted mini bulb string lights.
Wind them around your hand until they're tightly coiled then wedge into a mason jar before sealing the lid shut.
The result is a waterproof lamp worthy of a fairy glen.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“All this bullshit about workforce flexibility was a lie. It doesn't make sense to claim that companies hire contract workers for jobs that might be made obsolete, in order to make it easier to fire them in the future”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“If it's a contract job, call it that. Why tag on the word permanent? That's just wordplay. At the new company, they continue to dangle permanency like a carrot”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“It's all about creating an illusion, you see, if glamour's what you're after. You need shape and style. It doesn't really matter how cheap your outfit is for now. If you've got good hair and good shoes, you can carry it off”
― Holly Stars, Missing in Soho