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“Much about home is imagining home”

Book:A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home

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Frances Mayes

Frances Mayes is an American poet born on April 4, 1940. Her poetry is known for its profound emotion and unique style, which has won her a wide audience. more

“Mama kommer aldrig til Damaskus igen, og det gør jeg nok heller ikke. Jeg ved godt, at hun vil hjem og hvile side om side med sine forældre og alle dem, der levede før hende, hvis navne jeg aldrig har gjort mig umage nok for at huske. Mamas hjem vil aldrig være mit hjem, og mit hjem bliver aldrig hendes.”

Home Mother Heartbreaking Imigration

Book:Betonhjerter

Source: Betonhjerter

“Home was where the magic was, and Yarmouth was a place of magic for me. A place where my grandfather built me a tree house and I could stay up there all night looking at a sky illuminated by the stars. A sky that looked like it was full of freshly lit matches.”

Home

Book:Annaka

Source: Annaka

“Then I realized God chose me, baggage and all. God chose a drug addict, a kid who had chosen to sleep on the street in a blizzard to get his fix and get laid rather than go home to his family. A kid who lied, stole, and manipulated others. God chose someone virtually worthless and considered me valuable enough to lay down His life.”

Home Family Worthless Addict Baggage Valuable Lessons About Faith Chose Stole

Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“When you fund a futile war in a far-off land, something expensive has to be cut at home.”

Home Social Security Medical Care Ukraine War Ukraine Conflict Disability Benefits Futile War Far Off Land Something Expensive When You Fund

Author:Steven Magee

“Our move here seems to have robbed us of all those small, relaxed moments where nobody asks anything of anybody, except that they know they're loved.”

Love Home Domesticity

Book:The Nanny

Source: The Nanny

“There were bluegill not far away, small for their age because the creek was a small place and it was hard for any creature to outgrow its home.”

Home

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“I have this piece of thread,' Maria explained to little Melon. 'The piece of thread that connects my heart to yours. This thread, it also binds my heart to home and to Babas. When something is tugging at Babas's heart, I know, because I feel it too.”

Love Home Family

Book:Red Ink

Source: Red Ink

“Home is where our stories begin, where memories are woven, and where comfort embraces us.”

Home Business Suggestions

Author:business suggestions

“How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful”

Home Beautiful Melancholy Cozy Bittersweet Endings

Book:Remarkably Bright Creatures

Source: Remarkably Bright Creatures

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