Warm Quotes

“my mother
is pure radiance.

she is the sun
i can touch
and kiss

and hold
without
getting burnt.”
― Sanober Khan

“Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“stronger than mountains.
a place where my heart
feels the safest-
underneath his shirt.”
― Sanober Khan

“If you’re ever stuck for an idea try eating a peanut.”
― Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

“I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“leave me a smile
just warm enough...
to spend a million
golden afternoons in.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf/shawl/blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm. ”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him.”
― Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm.”
― Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

“Put a smile on that face, Valkyrie. You're unique. Easily as unique as I am."
"Two freaks in a pod, eh?"
His head tilted, amused. "Wouldn't have it any other way.”
― Derek Landy, The Dying of the Light

“With all the global warming going around nowadays, it would only take the stubbornness of a mule and the patience of a sitting duck to achieve what no man has ever done before – namely melt the ice in a wax figure’s beaten heart that was chopped off and hidden 50 meters under the polar ice caps in Alaska, to protect it from feeling.”
― Will Advise, Nothing is here...

“Due to global warming people’s relationships will not get warmer.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“It tipped "cosagach" , similar to coorie, as a trend.
The Gaelic word loosely translates to mean cosy; the tourist board encourages visitors staying in Highland log cabins to get comfy beside a roaring fire with a book, a hot toddy and good friends.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“For some, this idea was a shade too close to the lifestyles our Nordic cousins.
Hygge and lagom, the Danish and Swedish movements of living well.
But while these movements laid the groundwork for a similar trend to emerge in Scotland, coorie has some obvious differences.
Where hygge is concerned with the pursuit of happiness through candles, coffee and togetherness, coorie seeks to make the most of what comes from Scotland to feel satisfied.
Lagom is the art of balancing frugality and fairness to create a balanced existence. Coorie takes into account being kind to the earth and our wallets, but can also extend to premium experiences once in a while.
Crucially, neither of these Scandinavian lifestyle approaches took their starting point from what is dug out of the earth.
Coorie is more than simply being cosy.
Sure, it is linked, but more importantly it focuses on working out how to be in tune with our surroundings to evoke that feeling.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“The new coorie represents a way of life where peacefulness comes from engaging with our heritage, be it in tiny ways or on a grander scale.
Life can be harsh in a country's most isolated locations, but The Art of Coorie explores how ingenuity has been born from extreme conditions.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie also takes into account the unique trials of living in Scotland.
Instead of allowing the weather or the geography to shape our lives in negative ways, coorie harnesses these challenges.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Perhaps we live in a wilder place than we give ourselves credit for.
Scots tend to be hardy perennials.
It's as if we've evolved to withstand the challenging nature of our own country.
And what's more, we've worked out how to shape it into a force for good.
Out of necessity our homes feature clever ways to keep the outside out and the inside warm.
Scotland's oldest towerhouses were built with slits for windows not just as a defensive measure, but to protect residents from the elements.
Out of problems came solutions, even beauty.
Our foreparents thought to install open fires to heat their homes then toiled to make them easy on the eye.
Intricately carved wooden fireplaces and elaborate hearths that referenced Scottish folklore followed.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“We spend prolonged periods in pubs and restaurants after all, whiling away the hours with friends, waiting in vain for the weather to ease.
Our homes become a natural extension of these convivial spaces: warm and open to guests.
Spending so much time indoors with other people, perhaps over an alcoholic drink, encourages conversation, arguments and resolutions.
It fills us up with more knowledge - or at least allows us to realise there are other opinions aside from our own.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“To me it means to snuggle in or huddle in. Coorie in if the kids are going to bed, and coorie doon if it's cold.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie is to feel included, warm and cosy. For reading a book together or telling stories. Fire on, as well.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Holding her smooth hands and fingers warm she says my name without saying a single word. Speaking to me with those soft soul-stirring eyes that ask for nothing more except for my love.”
― Luca Evola, Arabala

“I want you in my arms like roots consume rain. To warm my body beside yours like bathing in the sun. To hear the rhythm of your heart in my waking ears. Dancing in spirit around the edges of your body. Wanting your love that burns like fire when you kiss me––anywhere and everywhere. You loving every part of me––loving every part of you.”
― Luca Evola, Arabala

“Growing up in the late 1970s, coorie at my gran's house meant to keep warm and cuddle in. No double glazing or duvets then.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coldness is curse,
Warmth is the cure.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Time doesn't remember your religion, time doesn't remember your brilliance, time only remembers your warmth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“Home is not an address,
but wherever
I can hold
you in my arms.”
― Mark Anthony

“Last I remember a beat in my body
My heart felt warm
Lazy, and yellow
Maybe that was love.”
― Devika Todi, Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Kirsty thought that no one could help loving Niamh’s warm smile”
― Daisy Meadows, Niamh the Invitation Fairy: The Birthday Party Fairies Book 1