Nikolai Gogol Quotes

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

I enjoy the quiet life.

In the winter, I read next to a wood-burning stove. In the summer, we have a place up in Michigan where I like to read in a hammock. It's almost entirely hidden by cedar trees and right up by the water. You can climb in there and see nothing but water and be seen by nobody. It's perfect.

I love a good book. I'm not a club girl. I like hanging out and reading my books.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.

Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.

What sweet delight a quiet life affords.

I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

I like it when it's nice and quiet. I'm not a big city person.

Mostly, I just want to be in my house reading and writing.

I like islands.

I want to live quietly.

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.

I feel like I live a pretty quiet life. I like to focus on work and friends, and I love being in nature.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise.

My cottage is on Lake Huron and it's always nice to have the chance to get away and hear the waves crashing while reading a good book.

My favorite place to read is next to the pond in my backyard.