“Every creature on earth returns to home. It is ironic that we have made wildlife refuges for ibis, pelican, egret, wolf, crane, deer, mouse, moose, and bear, but not for ourselves in the places we live day after day. We understand that the loss of habitat is the most disastrous event that can occur to a free creauture.
We fervently point out how other creatures' natural territories have become surrounded by cities, ranches, highways, noise, and other dissonance, as though we are not affected also.
We know that for creatures to live on, they must at least from time to time have a home place, a place where they feel both protected and free”
Source: Women Who Run With the Wolves
“There ought to be a home for children to come to,—and their children,—a central place, to which they could always bring their joys and sorrows,—an old familiar place for them to return to on Sundays and Christmases. An old home ought always to stand like a mother with open arms. It ought to be here waiting for the children to come to it,—like homing pigeons.”
Source: A Lantern in Her Hand
“From the moment that man believes neither in God nor in immortal life, he becomes 'responsible for everything alive, for everything that, born of suffering, is condemned to suffer from life.' It is he, and he alone, who must discover law and order. Then the time of exile begins, the endless search for justification, the aimless nostalgia, 'the most painful, the most heartbreaking question, that of the heart which asks itself: where can I feel at home?”
Source: The Rebel
“...everyone goes home in the end.”
Source: Room
“If telling men "don't rape" instead of telling women "don't get raped", is like telling thieves "don't steal" instead of home owners to "lock your houses", why don't we hear more victims of home invasion being told "you got what you deserved for having such a beautiful house on display for everyone to see" ???”
Source: Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
“প্রবাশে দীর্ঘদিন থেকে লেখাপড়া শেষ করে জীবনকে উপভোগ করে কখনও যদি দেশের জন্যে বুক টনটন করে তখন কী করতে হবে?
তখন তারা আবার এই দেশটাতে ফিরে আসতে পারবে। মা যেমন করে তার সন্তানের জন্যে অপেক্ষা করে, দেশমাতৃকাও ঠিক সে রকম করে তার সন্তানের জন্যে গভীর ভালোবাসা নিয়ে অপেক্ষা করে থাকে, অপেক্ষা করে আছে।
আমি বাড়িয়ে বলছি না– আমি এটা জানি।”
“When something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.”
Source: High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never
“It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.”
Source: Lonesome Dove
“...and in those hours the world would feel very large, and the lake very empty, and the night very black, and he would wish he were back in Wyoming, waiting at the end of the road for Hemming, where the only path he had to navigate was the one back to his parent's house, where the porch light washed the night with honey.”
Source: A Little Life
“We'd all be lucky in life if we had the chance to experience an unexpected adventure, and then make our way back safely to a place of comfort. Sometimes the only way we can appreciate our home and the simple happiness it has to offer is to be away from it for a while.”
Source: The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life