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A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
John Jay Chapman

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
Stephen Fry

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
Edward Carpenter

I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength.
Dennis Nilsen

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
James Thurber

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.
Anne Tyler









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