“Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop, larder, middenpit. Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by cities provides us with name and nation.” HomeEarthNamesNationsChanceCitiesSkinsPraiseGreenHere And ThereWorkshopsGreen Earth Book:The Poems of Basil Bunting Source: The Poems of Basil Bunting
“The truth is you never can leave home. You take it with you everywhere you go. It's under your skin. It moves the tongue or slows it, colors the thinking, impedes upon the logic.” ThinkingHomeMovingColorTruth IsLogicSkinsTongue Author:Maya Angelou
“To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired people coming home in the evening, is a heartbreaking task for men who know good writing from bad. They do it, but instinctively draw out of harm's way anything precious that might be damaged by contact with the public, or anything sharp that might irritate its skin.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWritingHomeMightMorningDrawsTasksSkinsTiredTrainBusyHarmContactJournalismEveningComing HomeCatchingHeartbreakingGood Writing Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin And can't stand the company. Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself And turn his heart to stone. Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I'm comin' home.” MenFeelsHeartReasonHomeTurnsHeavenCompanyHellFoolMy FriendsStonesSkinsSorryMilesTonightHalfwaySad Man Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.” MayHomeEarthPovertyQuietDignitySkinsUnconsciousWorn Author:Bessie Head
“Most Britons still lived and died without encountering anyone whose skin colour was different from their own. Slaves, in short, did not threaten, at least as far as the British at home were concerned. Bestowing freedom upon them seemed therefore purely an act of humanity and will, an achievement that would be to Great Britain's economic detriment, perhaps, but would have few other domestic consequences.” StillsDifferentHomeWould BeHumanityEconomicAchievementConsequenceConcernedSkinsDiedSlaveBritishColourBritainGreat BritainBritish HistoryBritons Author:Linda Colley
“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
“The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not. The trade winds blow me, and I do not know where the land is; the waves fold over each other; they are in love with themselves; sleeping in their own skin; and I float over them and I do not know about tomorrow.” KnowsDoeStillsHomeSleepSeaLandWindTomorrowFutureSkinsTradeWaveBlowBoatHanging OutFogFloatsFoldsSleeping In Book:Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters