Quotes about Belonging

I think that if we begin to think of families in a wider context, groups of people relating to each other in a give-and-take manner, then our definitions of families will broaden so that we have groups of people, sustain groups, support groups, in whatever period of life, whatever time, whatever place, right, that come together and remain

Somewhere, on the edge of consciousness, there is what I call a mythical norm, which each of us within our hearts knows 'that is not me.

Im waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, i can tell my kind of people by their faces, by something in their faces.

Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.

A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

When those that we have formerly been conversant with, are turning to God, and joining themselves to his people, it ought to be our firm resolution, that we will not leave them; but that their people shall be our people, and their God our God. It

Fundamentally we feel that we really belong to death already, and that every new day is a miracle.

I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as an immigrant in the U.S. I have had to leave everything behind and start anew several times, and I have lost most of my extended family.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.