Quotes About Belonging

It's like being a gym rat, but you're a theater rat, and then that becomes your fraternity house. That becomes your extended family.

I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.

I was definitely a choir and theater geek.

It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

The first time I stepped on stage in the local theatre I knew what I needed to do - I knew I had found the right place to be.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.

Citizens identify with something larger than themselves - if one's country is attacked, it can feel like a personal attack in a way that a fellow bank customer's account theft does not feel like a personal invasion.

Writers find common ground not through the homelands they once inhabited but the thematic questions with which they grapple.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

The truth of the matter is - when we look at things - every movie we do - no matter what the subject matter is - we go to the universal theme of family. We always go to that because if the movie is about family, then any audience can relate to it.

I long for real and true connection. It has been the theme of all the songs in my whole life.

Thunder Point, Oregon, because

Am I staying here? I came here because I believed I'd lost everything that mattered, and ended up finding everything I've ever wanted in the world. Yeah, Joey. I'm staying. Jack's here. Besides, I belong here now. I belong to them. They belong to me.

I'm being too pushy, aren't I?" Ellie shook her head. "I don't deserve you," she said in a whisper. "I think you're the best friend I've ever had. At least since my gramma…" Jo shrugged. "Honey, you're my only shot at something that resembles a daughter and grandchildren. And I intend to nurture the opportunity. I'm just saying—this is your home for as long as you want it." *

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

And that was when I saw what Cassidy had done to herself: the gold and red ribbing on her sweater-vest, the matching stripes on her tie, the gray uniform skirt, and the navy blazer draped over her arm... "Is that a Gryffindor tie?" I asked. "And an official Harry Potter Merchandise sweater-vest," she confirmed smugly.

Do you know who else welcomes everyone to their table?" I asked. "Anyone desperate for friends." He snorted. "Who are you calling desperate?" Nick interrupted, coming over with his tray. "Anyone who would date you," I smiled sweetly. "Whatever, I'm awesome," Nick bused his tray.

A snowman in a town where it didn't snow, made by a boy who couldn't wait to leave, and given to a girl who had never belonged.