“I began writing after my child was seriously hurt in a day care center accident, and I wanted to come home to be with her during her recovery.” WritingChildrenHomeCareWantedHurtAccidentsRecoveryMy ChildrenComing HomeDay Care Author:Leslie Banks
“A home life where it's so full of so many rigorous ideas about the way things should be, this word "should," I think is absolutely toxic to children. It hurts their personalities, it hurts their points of view in the world, it hurts their ability to be open and caring and curious. An element of allowance in a family, is, I think, really a positive thing.” ThinkingWorldWayShouldChildrenIdeasHomeHurtAbilityViewsPersonalityElementsCaringPoint Of ViewCuriousToxicShould IIt HurtsAllowancePositive ThingsHome Life Author:Mark Ruffalo
“Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being sad or struggling or trying to heal. We are all desperate, depraved and sacred. We are all terrible and brillIant. I can list all the things that can make a girl want to escape her own body (re: patriarchy). But I’d rather list all the things that make me want to stay in my body, and adorn it like a home, rub oils into my skin, tell it how sorry I am for trying to leave, for trying to hurt it into submission” IfsWantTryingI CanHomeBodyGirlHurtSecretStruggleShareTerribleSkinsShameSacredSorryOilBrilliantListsHealDesperateAshamedPatriarchySubmissionDepravedBeing Sad Author:Warsan Shire
“suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other person hurt? I see you've been in a head-on collision.' ... Men hate any change.” MenLooksPersonsHomeHateChangeHurtEffortDesignHusbandAppearanceScreamYour HusbandCollision Book:Don't blame the mirror Source: Don't blame the mirror
“Peace, comfort, quiet, happiness, I have found away from home. Only your own family, those nearest and dearest, can hurt you.” HomeFoundHurtFamilyComfortQuietAway From Home Author:Mary Boykin Chesnut
“I was raised in a typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist home and there was a lot of hurt and hypocrisy in those times. And I think that whatever part Playboy played and that I managed to play in terms of the sexual revolution came out of what I saw in the negative part of that life and tried to change things in some positive way so that people could choose alternate personal ways of living their lives.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayHomeTermHurtSawsRevolutionNegativeRaisedHypocrisyTypicalPuritanPlayboyMethodistsSexual Revolution Author:Hugh Hefner
“There are two types of grandmothers - the ones who feel relieved when they hear the first 'Let's go home' and the ones who feel hurt. The latter are definitely in the minority.” FeelsFirstsTwoHomeHurtTypeLatterMinoritiesGrandmotherGrandparentRelieved Author:Mary Margaret McBride
“At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.” PeopleHeartHomeKidsUsedMotherNightFatherHurtTalkingBoysFireMy HeartQuietHundredMy FamilyTablesCalmDinnerSupposed To BePleasantNeighborhoodStomachLaughedHomeworkDinner TableClamorScarvesFireplacesCaleb Author:Veronica Roth
“I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin Donuts or who drives a bus, someone who comes home with their feet hurting like my father, someone whos busy and has too many children, like my mother.” WritingChildrenPersonsHomeWantedMotherFatherVoiceHurtFeetUniqueBusyComing HomeBusDonutsDunkin Donuts Author:Sandra Cisneros