Visiting Quotes

“Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“At the end of the day, I just want to sit with someone I love and chat about what matters and even what doesn’t.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading 2

“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“old stories are like old friends (...) you have to visit them from time to time.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow

“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”
― E.W. Howe

“On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse. In the present case it took up ten minutes to determine whether the boy were most like his father or mother, and in what particular he resembled either, for of course every body differed, and every body was astonished at the opinion of the others.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“Pay to go inside Neruda's home
A body lies there with no dome.
But right there in the front hall
Lean a fairy against the icy wall.
Oh Endless enigmas had the bard!

Nice and large and calm backyard
Ends In the middle of a rare room
Rare portrait of revelishing gloom.
Up climbing at the weird snail stair
Does make you grasp for some air.
And there's a room with bric-a-brac:

Old and precious books all in a pack.
Dare saying what I liked most of all?
Enjoyed seeing visitors having a ball!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“When you visit a country, visit the forgotten artisans of the narrow streets because they are the ones who made that country! Do this, not to honour them but to honour yourself!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Visit your life, because you are spending too much time in others life! Visit yourself!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Nothing brings home closer than going home...”
― Will Advise

“I've seen it before. Been here before. Played or managed here, six or seven times in six or seven years. Always a visitor, always away.”
― David Peace, The Damned Utd

“She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Never enter the home of another with dust on your shoes and selfish expectations in your heart.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Come and see us if you feel like it. I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Zuzana Kubišová (translator)

“The sunshine coming through your window isn’t a thief, but a special guest.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“When you develop a regular habit of going to a temple, library or a gymnasium, you start liking these activities as your thoughts are transformed. You would also undergo similar changes, if you start visiting brothels regularly.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“When sending your children to an Ivy League school, you must remember that some schools prevent Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) from visiting their training and research facilities.”
― Steven Magee

“I was amazed when one of Arizona’s tourist attractions prevented Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from visiting.”
― Steven Magee

“I find it very concerning that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were prevented from visiting Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO).”
― Steven Magee

“I had always liked staying the night with other families, having your own room with a freshly made bed, full of unfamiliar objects, with a towel and facecloth nicely laid out, and from there straight into the heart of family life, despite there always being, no matter whom I visited, an uncomfortable side, because even though people always try to keep any existing tensions in the background whenever guests are present, the tensions are still noticeable, and you can never know if it is your presence that has caused them or whether they are just there and indeed your presence is helping to suppress them.”
― Karl Ove Knausgaard

“The company security team contacted me and asked me if there were any issues at the Desoto Solar Farm prior to President Obama visiting. I told them that the power plant had problems.”
― Steven Magee

“We are not here as settlers, but rather as observers and sojourners. In our eyes, everything looks permanent, as though they would last forever, but they will last as long as we are still around, until we are not.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Sips And Little Portions

“Frankie had built the house herself. She’d built it so far back from the road that you forgot leaving was an option.”
― Krystelle Bamford, Idle Grounds