When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger to the place he loves, and its people.

Quote by William Morris

Topics: Heart Quotes, Home Quotes, Writers Quotes

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe...

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Give me love and work - these two only.

Give me love and work - these two only.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like...

What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like...

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

The man is all class - unfortunately third

The man is all class - unfortunately third

Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help...

Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.