Quotes About Homecoming

I get the first flight out from anywhere I am because I have to come home to my kids.

It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.

I've flown in space four times now, so it's going to be hard in that respect, but I certainly look forward to going back to Earth. I've been up here for a really long time and sometimes, when I think about it, I feel like I've lived my whole life up here.

My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongside. We bled alongside each other; we mourned together. When I came home, these weren't people I could keep up with on Facebook.

It was always a relief when she came home to him. Like water or food. Like music or that moment when you cut yourself with a knife and squeeze the skin and no blood oozes out.

For every veteran who returns with a new sense of destiny ('I survived; that must be God's purpose') more come home with barely submerged bitterness, ready to take 'the easy way' because they saw so much of it in the stresses of war.

As Frank opened the door, four laughing young people burst into the Hardy home. In the lead was Iola Morton, Chet's sister, with Callie Shaw and Helen

Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa.

I will absolutely admit that the feel and smell of sea spray and wind on my face will be very welcome. I will be happy to come back to Earth, our beautiful planet, when it is time.

I went to Europe in '52 or '53, and when I came back, I stopped in New York. I remember looking out of a window on a glorious October morning and there was New York. And I thought, 'I'm coming here. This is for me.'

But if I ever fight in Northern Ireland again, I want it to be at Windsor Park.

The first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off and go barefoot.

The first thing I look forward to when I am in Delhi is to spend some time with my family. It's always lovely coming back here and playing in front of my own people. It's just a special place.

The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger.

The only thing better than going to Pitcairn in the first place, is going again.

Coming back to Guess is so natural for me; they're my family. I always love being back, and to be able to come home and be in Malibu across the street from my high school shooting this campaign is absolutely amazing and just feels like the right thing.

I come from theatre and I always go back every couple of years.

'The Odyssey' is a great poem to refugee-dom... Odysseus is not entirely a refugee... he's somebody who's blown off course. The entire book is an exploration of that theme... I reread it every year... That's not as surprising as it sounds, because it's a rip-roaring book.

So, you'll let me dress you up for the production events?" "I might." "I'm dead in love with you, too, darling. And so damn glad to be home. Where I hope to stay for a good long time. And, you're going to wear whatever I say." "I will," he said. "It's my aim to make you happy." She patted his cheek and smiled. "We're going to do just fine, you and I.

their owners were Mycenaeans heading for home when their ship foundered off the headland in southern Turkey known as Uluburun

Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.

The snow fell deeper that Easter than it had in forty years, but June walked over it like water and came home.

Roderick had never had so much company. And they were glad for somebody new. Glad he stayed behind. They argued with him. Why go back there? Who's waiting for you?

I've had a splendid time, she concluded happily, and I feel that it marks an epoch in my life. But the best of it all was the coming home.