“Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.” HomeWestSouthEastOppressed Author:Taslima Nasrin
“Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and when they left they didn't want to talk about it because there had been pain and heartbreak under the caste system of the South. They didn't want to burden their children with what they had endured.” WorldWantChildrenHomePainLeftSouthBurdenImmigrantsBack HomeCastesFleeingCaste System Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I've got the best job in the world being a senator from the United States, a senator from South Carolina in the United States Senate, representing South Carolina in the United States Senate is a dream job for me, but the world is literally falling apart. And we can't get anything done here at home. So that drives my thinking more than anything else.” ThinkingWorldStatesDoneHomeDreamJobsFallUnitedUnited StatesSouthSenateSenatorsFalling ApartRepresentingCarolinaBest JobSouth CarolinaDream Job Author:Lindsey Graham
“Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.” FirstsLittlesStillsHomeEarthSongWaitingWonderSpringBirdGardenSouthSnowWelcomeSymbolsFarmersMatesWetHardyOrchardBluebirdMinstrels Author:Neltje Blanchan
“South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.” ShouldChildrenHardHomeRememberOrderGamesWalksTeacherReturnMassSouthEveningCurseRepeatsHardshipKorean Author:Kim Il-sung
“At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.'” PeopleLooksSaidDifferentSometimesHomeHandsBigsTogetherMovingBlackWhiteColorRaisesMeetingsSouthBlack And WhiteSouth AfricaRainbowDifferent PeoplesRepresentingDifferent Colors Author:Desmond Tutu
“I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know there is a lot of the South in my mannerisms. There's a lot of the South in my expectations of other people and how people treat each other. There's a lot of the South in the way I speak, but it could never be home.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsHomeSpeakExpectationsTreatsSouthBonesNew YorkersMannerisms Author:Jacqueline Woodson
“The shy little Mayflower weaves her nest, But the south wind sighs o'er the fragrant loam, And betrays the path to her woodland home.” LittlesHomePathWindSouthShyBetraySighNestsWoodlandMayflower Author:Sarah Helen Whitman
“I think we have really integrated well around Manchester. This is the place where we feel at home. We like it here, we love the English way of life and we prefer it much, much more than the south of Europe.” ThinkingWayFeelsWellsHomeSportsEuropeSouthIntegratedManchester Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.” MenHomeSpiritFatherIndividualMomImportanceFellowsSouthRaisedMy MomCaringGenerousSouth AfricaSenatorsFellow ManBack Home Author:Adhir Kalyan
“South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.” PeopleIfsWellsWarEndsReasonHomeSeemsHappensWantedUsedGuyNamesWhiteCallingLosingHatredSouthCornersSuitsTiesNeighborhoodCoveredFar AwaySouth AfricaSheetsTruckBrooklynCowardlyAround The CornerSpeedingBirminghamAgainst WarCovered Up Author:June Jordan
“Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home.” PeopleKindHomeLeftBehindsMusicLettersWingsSouthLeft Behind1930sGospel Music Book:Movin' on Up Source: Movin' on Up
“Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.” HomeCommunityTreeGrewGrew UpSouthDrivingCanadaSouthern Author:Laurie Holden
“In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door.” MenHomeDifferencesDoorsFemaleSouthAfghanistanEnteringNormOpened Doors Author:Ksenia Solo