Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.

Peter Pan is kind of this metaphor for someone or something that makes you feel at home, that brings you out of loneliness, that makes you free. And that's exactly what music does for me.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden.

Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic.

Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly.

I keep coming back because I have no place else to go. What else would I do? I love to sing.

I always come back to the piano. It's like home.

These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend

I really love doing simple things. I'm surrounded by people all the time at work, so I want to have a normal life when I'm off duty: motherhood, food, and love!

When you have music in your life, you can never be lonely.

My pets Mia and Rambo. They are my family, and every day when I go back home after work, they are there waiting for me. They are so full of love, and an essential part of my life.

I would say that for me while growing up, music was my best friend in many ways, and I hope my music can do that for others, to make them feel less alone.

Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You're always home.

Music is what makes you feel joyful and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's everything.

The warmest place I've ever been is my home here in Chapel Hill. It's an oasis of comfort and joy for me.

Having a pet only brings more love into a home and it's the greatest thing I've ever experienced.

My favorite spot to hang out is my apartment with my friends.

While the world goes against me, I do find some standing by my side always.

Snooker is my sanctuary and always has been.

Books, for me, are a home. Books don’t make a home – they are one, in the sense that just as you do with a door, you open a book, and you go inside. Inside there is a different kind of time and a different kind of space.

I had come to a place where I was meant to be. I don't mean anything so prosaic as a sense of coming home. This was different, very different. It was like arriving at a place much safer than home.

what we call a home is merely any place that succeeds in making more consistenly available to us the important truths which the wider world ignores, or which our distracted and irresolute selves have trouble holding onto." (p123) Architecture of Happiness