House hunting is fraught with frustration and challenges. Keep these quotes in mind to keep you sane. Shady brokers, bad plumbing, wildly competitive open houses, misleading listings, sky-high prices, and ever-escalating offers: there is a terrible lot to contend with when finding a new place to live. But there's also no other process that deserves your time and attention like discovering a new place to call your own. Here are seven quotes that will help keep you sane during the emotional marathon that is the home search.

"Home is the nicest word there is." Laura Ingalls Wilder

"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it's the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time." David Allan Coe

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"The root of suffering is attachment." The Buddha

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us." Winston Churchill . "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." Mark Twain

"Home is wherever I'm with you." Edwin Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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