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Quotes About Home

It is one of my decided opinions that married people ought to have no one, be the tie ever so close and dear, living permanently with them, to break the sacred duality — no, let me say the unity of their home.
~ Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
It was delightful to wake up early and refreshed, and come down to this sunshiny, cheerful breakfast-table, where, though nothing was grand, all was thoroughly comfortable.
~ Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
I looked at films as a career from necessity but all I have really wanted is my home and children. The two things just do not work out together when one has to leave home at 5.30 am in the morning to go to the studio.
~ Dinah Sheridan
Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
~ Dionne Warwick
Robin told only a little of her life, but she kept repeating in one way or another her wish for a home, as if she were afraid she would be lost again, as if she were aware, without conscious knowledge, that she belonged to Nora, and that if Nora did not make it permanent by her own strength, she would forget.
~ Djuna Barnes
Mrs. Jakes had sent up stew and apple pie.
~ Dodie Smith
They clomp together through the narrow streets, Marie-Laure's hand on the back of Madame's apron, following the odors of her stews and cakes; in such moments Madame seems like a great moving wall of rosebushes, thorny and fragrant and crackling with bees.
~ Doerr Anthony
I still close my eyes and go home . . . I can always draw from that.
~ Dolly Parton
A bird & a fish can fall in love, but where do they make a home?
~ Dolly Parton
Wherever suffering raised its ugly head, these angels of compassion could be found—in a home, in a relationship, or when mankind decided its conflicts on some forgotten piece of land turned into a graveyard with weapons of war.
~ Don Bradley
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians
~ Don Piper
This is my first opportunity to visit this part of North Africa, so I am going to be able to go back home and talk about this beautiful country and encourage Americans to travel here.
~ Donald Evans
Obtain a statue or a beautiful image of St. Joseph for your home. Place it in a prominent location and frequently invoke the intercession of St. Joseph as a family. You will see the difference St. Joseph makes.
~ Donald H. Calloway
Your presence in this house is almost as enormous and painful as your absence.
~ Donald Hall
It sounds like a lot of work for my mother, but cooking was almost all she did. In suburban Connecticut, middle-class women were required to stay at home and do nothing but cook and iron. Housecleaning was for immigrants.
~ Donald Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Brown had one child. They
~ Donald J. Sobol
Waiting for dusk and someone dear to come and whip him down the street, gently home
~ Donald Justice
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
~ Robert Burns
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
~ John Updike
Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.
~ Rachel Roy
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.
~ Rod Stewart
What kind of life can you have in a house without books?
~ Sherman Alexie, Flight
Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.
~ Colin Wilson
This planet is our home. Our life and hers are interdependent.
~ Doreen Valiente