Karen Homey Quotes

“Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself remains a very effective therapist.”

“It’s all about that cosy, homey feeling, the one you leave behind when you travel across the world.”

“HIDEAWAYPreserve thatsecret, homey spotin your heart,as sanctuary where dreams may be softly tended,and revived.”

“The Cottage Diner’s homey lights glowed onto black asphalt which just sucked up the beams to spit out more shadows.”

“I love Italian food; it's soulful like French food. Italian food is original and homey; it's market-driven, but also can be locally sourced.”

“Homey don't quit. What else are you gonna do? It's like those guys in the cartoon they get up in the morning, check the clock and fight all day and after it's over they check the clock and go home. That's how it goes.”

“Joss's ears perked up. He loved libraries. Nowhere else in the world felt so safe and homey. Nowhere else smelled like books and dust and happy solitude quite like a library did.”

“Lyndon Johnson’s sentences were the sentences of a man with a remarkable gift for words, not long words but evocative, of a man with a remarkable gift for images, homey images of a vividness that infused the sentences with drama.”

“Having it all is just too much hassle. I'm not every-woman. I'm a working woman. And I'm not entirely sure I see the oint of being as dexterous in the kitchen as I am at my desk. If Mr. Y is perfectly satisfied with pre-packaged sushi every night, then far be it from me to raise his hopes with all sorts of homey behavior. The secret, I have discovered, is to manage expectations. If he doesn't expect it, then he's hardly going to be disappointed to discover he may never again eat a home-cooked meal. Or indeed, ever eat again.”

“or dead is coincidental. Copyright 2010 by Karen Fraunfelder Cantwell Chapter”