Quotes About Belonging

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land?

But he wasn't ugly, just misplaced and marked by loneliness.

Yep, now even the teachers were treating me like an idiot. I shrank back into my chair and remembered when I used to be a human being. I remember when people used to think I was smart. I remember when people used to think my brain was useful. Damaged by water, sure. And ready to seizure at any moment. But still useful, and maybe even a little bit beautiful and sacred and magical.

But it happens mostly because "being American" means "being white," even for a brown boy like me.

After all, one doesn't choose his culture nearly as much as one trips and falls into it.

Indians, indians, indians." She said it without capitalization. She called me "indian, indian, indian." And I said, Yes, I am. I am Indian. Indian, I am.

I have this deep need to bond with real blood relatives, but I feel like I'm not really a part of either of my families.

the truth is, the very act of adoption is built upon loss. For the birth parents, the loss of their biological offspring, the relationship that could have been, a very part of themselves. For the adoptive parents, the loss of giving birth to a biological child, the child whose face will never mirror theirs. And for the adopted child, the loss of the birth parents, the earliest experience of belonging and acceptance. To deny adoption loss is to deny the emotional reality of everyone involved.

Then one detail caught my attention. Time (of birth), 5:57 A.M. Wow! I really was born! I wasn't an alien who was dropped down into my adoptive parents' arms. I was a real baby who experienced a real birth from a real mother at a real time of day. For me, that tid-bit of information was like a meal to a starving woman.

We have three kinds of family 1.Those we are born to 2.Those who are born to us 3.And those we let into our hearts ?

we have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts.

Because I don't feel broken when you look at me. (Acheron) How could you feel broken? (Tory) I was shattered as a child and thrown away, like a piece of trash no on wanted. But you don't treat me like that. You see in me the human bit and you touch that part of me. You make me feel whole and wanted. (Acheron)

Baby, I ain't trash. Trash is something you throw away. My people keep me.

I don't give a damn if they throw me down into the deepest, slimiest pit for eternity. I belong here and no one is going to make me leave. No one! (Selena)

Yeah, well, I guess I feel like all of us misfits need to hang together. At least that way we don't swing along. (Tabitha)

Everyone deserves to have someone who loves them.

I figure all of us misfits should hang together, that way we don't swing alone…

Xenon? What kind of name is that?" – Nick "The only kind I answer to." – Xenon "Don't eat the help, X. We need him." – Caleb

So tell me, do you want Simi to be your family? (Simi) Yes, Simi, I would like to be your family. (Gallagher) Good. You're such a smart Dark-Hunter.(Simi)

It was one of the few places where someone remembered his name. Yeah, okay, so he felt like Sam Malone on Cheers, but there was no Norm or Cliff sitting at the bar here. More like Spike and Switchblade.' (Wulf)

Just remember, family isn't perfect. It's just perfectly ours.

Sanctuary, home of the Howlers and stragglers of the Were universe. (Damien)

Just remember, family isn't perfect. It's just perfectly ours.

Most of all, she'd missed feeling connected to someone else. Being a vital part of them—aching when they were on a trip, knowing that someone was out there missing her and counting the heartbeats until they were back together again. There was nothing else like living and breathing for the smile of someone she loved. -leta