Quotes About Belonging

Just a little homesick, Alice answered. It was the truth, she thought. She just wasn't sure she had yet been to the place she was homesick for.

He understood that there were people for whom one other was their missing part.

I know this - nobody gets everything. And we immigrants know this more than anyone. You always have one foot in two places. You can never be truly happy because, from the moment you leave, you are two selves, and wherever you are one half of you is always calling to the other.

felt an almost umbilical pull toward home, the comfort offered by a conventional family and a traditional Sunday lunch.

When you work hard to get somewhere, it's quite nice to show people where you belong.

The sights and sounds of home.

This is the story of a family who didn't fit in. A little girl who was a bit geeky and liked maths more than makeup. And a boy who liked makeup and didn't fit into any tribes.

que aquellos que viajábamos lejos de casa siempre tendríamos el corazón en dos sitios.

carriage. "I know this—nobody gets everything. And we immigrants know this more than anyone. You always have one foot in two places. You can never be truly happy because, from the moment you leave, you are two selves, and wherever you are one half of you is always calling to the other. This is our price, Louisa. This is the cost of who we are.

Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school. You just need to find your people." "Find my people." "Your tribe.

And we immigrants know this more than anyone. You always have one foot in two places. You can never be truly happy because, from the moment you leave, you are two selves, and wherever you are one half of you is always calling to the other.

First rule of Geek Club. There is no Geek Club.

You just need to find your people

Won't take much to make this feel like home.

I felt grateful for my parents. I felt an almost umbilical pull towards home, the comfort offered by a traditional family and Sunday lunch on the table.

you made us feel safe. And loved. I liked you being there every day when we came home.

identity card,

How could you make a home in a place that had come to you for all the wrong reasons?

I know this—nobody gets everything. And we immigrants know this more than anyone. You always have one foot in two places. You can never be truly happy because, from the moment you leave, you are two selves, and wherever you are one half of you is always calling to the other. This is our price, Louisa. This is the cost of who we are.

I managed to turn my anonymous little flat into something that felt, if not quite like a home, vaguely welcoming.

For the first time since I had arrived in America I had an almost physical sense of being in the wrong place, as if I were being tugged by an invisible cords to somewhere a million miles away.

For the first time since I had arrived in America I had an almost physical sense of being in the wrong place, as if I were being tugged by invisible cords to somewhere a million miles away.

Zinu, ka neviens nevar dab?t visu, un m?s, imigranti, to zin?m lab?k par citiem. Kad cilv?ks pamet savu zemi, vi?š st?v ar katru k?ju cit? viet?. Sirds saš?e?as uz pus?m, un viena pus?te allaž tiecas p?c otras. T? ir cena, kas mums j?maks? par to, kas esam.

we who traveled far from home would always have our hearts in two places.