Originally settled by a band of bohemian artists and writers, Carmel-by-the-Sea is one of the prettiest cities you will ever see.  Visitors feel as though they have stepped into something from Grimm’s Fairytales, and perhaps they have.  Part of the allure of this seaside town arises from the storybook homes populating it.   Romantic cottages are waiting to be discovered around every corner.  There’s just something about these cozy abodes that tugs at your heartstrings and makes you fall in love with them.  Here are some sappy but sweet cottage quotes about these lovelies.   Enjoy!  

I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage. ~ Jane Austen. Anything ever written by Jane Austen is solid advice, in my humble opinion.

Every antique farm-house and moss-grown cottage is a picture. ~ Washington Irving. This is true, hence my obsession for photographing them excessively.

A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace. ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie. I have never lived in a palace, so cannot draw such a comparison. And even though I believe happiness comes from within, living in a Hugh Comstock dwelling like this would certainly amp up the happiness factor.

Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. ~ Thomas Kinkade.  Mr. Kinkade, of all people, understands the veracity of this statement.  

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. ~ Oliver Goldsmith. These are actually clematis flowers and they do appear to be peeping over the gate.  Petal peepers! 

I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl’d above the green elms, that a cottage was near. I said, “If there’s peace to be found in the world, a heart that was humble might hope for it here”. ~Thomas Moore.  Agreed, I would love to find peace in this cottage!

 

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