Quotes About Belonging

God doesn't love "even" you; though God certainly loves "even" me. Above all, God loves us, as we are together.

Afinal, todos somos crianças abandonadas. Nos momentos de solidão noturna, de insônia, tomamos consciência de que estamos destinados ao abandono, àquele tempo quando será inútil chamar "meu pai" ou "minha mãe".

I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced.

It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival.

Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being. If not, leave this gathering.

I never thought... that someone liked me... not like a demon... not like a half-demon... not even like human... just like... just like me!" -Inuyasha

You have to find a tribe.

Each of us can be fearless and strong like this rock when we know, without a doubt, where we belong and what we should do. God helps us to know these things.

I am most at home in small places—Shamli and Saharanpur; Darjeeling and Dehra; Karnal and Kasauli; Meerut and Mussoorie….These are the places I know best, and where I have found my friends and heroes, and my stories.

Once you have lived with mountains for any length of time you belong to them, and must return again and again. Nearly

Every other man is a piece of myself, for I am a part of mankind.

Once you have lived with mountains, there is no escape. You belong to them.

Now that their journey was almost over, they become more aware of their weariness and their aches, and the town which had been their home seemed suddenly strange and heartless, as though it did not recognize them anymore.

Once You Have Lived with the Mountains' it is not easy to live elsewhere. I longed to return to the hills and live in a place with windows facing beautiful views. That is what I explore in 'Best of All Windows'. For a room without a view is hardly a living place—merely a place of transit.

Some men leave a trail of legend behind them because they give their spirit to the place where they have lived, and remain forever a part of the rocks and mountain streams.

Being a misfit in a group of boisterous party-goers can be a lonely experience. But being alone as a matter of choice is one of life's pleasures.

True, Nandprayag has some affinity with parts of the Doon valley before it was submerged by a tidal wave of humanity. But in the Doon there is no great river running past your garden. Here there are two, and they are also part of this feeling of belonging. Perhaps in some former life I did come this way, or maybe I dreamed about living here. Who knows? Anyway, mysteries are more interesting than certainties.

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

for everytime I see the sky I'm aware of belonging to the universe than to just one corner of the earth.

When you are a long way from where you think you belong, you will attach yourself to people you would otherwise ignore or even dislike.

You stand outside the circle and wonder why you feel left out, unaware that you need your own permission to join the others-not theirs.

We come from people who found hope wherever they went.

It's the land of my ancestors. I need to set my feet on that soil and see how I feel. I have missed my mother's warm tortillas and many more things than I can name.

Prodigals are not limited in gender, race, age or color. They do have one thing in common: They have left home, and they are missed.