Quotes About Belonging

They looked at me and saw someone out of a story, who might ride by and be stared at, but didn't belong in their lives at all.

A nation is people as well," Alosha said. "More people than just the few you love best yourself.

she was one of them again, one of the actors moving in the stage, as graceful as any of them.

Maybe the hardest thing about moving over seas was being in a place where no one but your own family had any memory of you. It was like putting yourself back together in little pieces.

So ask yourself, you swirling tornado of a human being, in a world of disoriented honeybees, do you want to look locked out the minute you sit down?

Remind us again, brave friend. What countries may we sing into? What lines should we all be crossing?

Love means you breathe in two countries.

You will be sent home. Lula loved being sent home. Her favorite books were there.

I said tensely to the rabbis on that call, "If I were a rabbi and someone wanted to pray with me, I would meet with them in a bus shelter." Soon thereafter the rabbis let me know I that was not a "good fit" for the congregation. My congregation essentially broke up with me, and returned to me my membership dues.

By January 2021, in the Hudson Valley, there was no Jewish or Episcopal or Catholic community anymore. There was no home. Whoever had hated our belief, and the strength it gave us — whoever had wanted our faith communities to die out — had won.

Io, Bologna, non l'ho mai vista. Ma la conosco bene, anche se probabilmente è una città tutta mia. È una città grande: almeno tre ore.

Those fibers join a man to his surroundings;

I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself

Yo no soy de ningún bando —repuso Fermín—. Es más, las banderas me parecen trapos de colores que huelen a rancio y me basta ver a cualquiera que se envuelva en ellas y se le llene la boca de himnos, escudos y discursos para que me entren cagarrinas. Siempre he pensado que el que siente mucho apego a un rebaño es que tiene algo de borrego. El prisionero del cielo

listening to the storm outside as it left the city, knowing that I was going to lose her but also knowing that, for a few minutes, we had belonged to one another, and to nobody else.

I caressed Cristina in the dark, listening to the storm outside as it left the city, knowing that I was going to lose her but also knowing that, for a few minutes, we had belonged to each other and to nobody else.

Furcsa, milyen könnyen mondunk ítéletet egy másik ember fölött, mindaddig, amíg nem hiányzik. Amíg el nem ragadja tÅ'lünk a sors. És azért veszítjük el, mert soha nem is tartozott igazán hozzánk.

Ich habe mir immer gedacht, wer sich einer Herde angehörig zugehörig fühlt, hat etwas von einem Hammel.

I don't belong to any side,' Fermín replied. 'What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.

in truth, books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody's best friend.

El año en que Alicia Gris llegó a Madrid, su mentor y titiritero, Leandro Montalvo, le enseñó que cualquiera que aspire a conservar su sano juicio necesita de un lugar en el mundo en el que pueda y desee perderse.

I loro erano baci appassionati di chi si appartiene e non si cura del resto del mondo.

Chi ama appartenere a un gregge deve avere qualcosa della pecora.

Yo no soy de ningún bando —repuso Fermín—. Es más, las banderas me parecen trapos de colores que huelen a rancio y me basta ver a cualquiera que se envuelva en ellas y se le llene la boca de himnos, escudos y discursos para que me entren cagarrinas. Siempre he pensado que el que siente mucho apego a un rebaño es que tiene algo de borrego.