May 22nd, 2026

The Home of Your Dreams

“If I were to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say; the house shelters daydreaming.”

Gaston Bachelard (French Philosopher; June 27th, 1884 to October 16th, 1962)

“It takes literally years to birth a dream, whether it’s a family, a career, a home, or a lifestyle. Dreams exact a price.”

“Take what you want, say the good God, but be prepared to pay for it.”

ancient proverb

“Dreams cost money, sweat, frustration, tears, courage, choices, perseverance, and extraordinary patience. But birthing a dream requires one more thing. Love. Only love can transform a houseful of needy, self-centered individuals into a loving, close-knit family, a passion into a livelihood, or a mere dwelling into a home that perfectly expresses your authenticity.”

“…it had a heart and soul, and eyes to see with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benedictions. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up and speak out in eloquent welcome—and we could not enter it unmoved.”

Samuel Clemens “Mark Twain” (American Writer & Humorist; November 20th, 1885 to April 21st, 1910)

I dwell in possibility.”

Emily Dickinson (American Poet; December 10th, 1830 to May 15th, 1886)

“No matter where I have dwelled, I have taken pride in making it a sanctuary and home haven to gently hug the one inside with love, warmth a coziness.”

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–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 170 to 171 of 501.

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