Famous quotes containing the words guest house, guest and/or house:
“The temples, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they issued from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didnt want it, they said in their hundred voices, No, not yet, and the sky said, No, not there.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“When mothers relatives visited,
delicacies were cooked.
When fathers guest arrrived,
mother swelled and had a fit.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.
“Q: Have you made personal sacrifices for the sake of your career?
A: Leaving a three-month-old infant in another persons house for nine hours, five days a week is a personal sacrifice.”
—Alice Cort (20th century)