“ He wished he could have roots spreading under every inch of his lost soil, his beloved lost home, that he could have been part of something, that he could have been himself, walking down the road not… Salman Rushdie
“ Charles says that he does not care what sort of Jane I am so long as I am his Jane; Sardar says that he does not care what sort of Jane I am so long as I am my own Jane; Sahjara says that she does not… Lyndsay Faye
“ I lean back and tilt my head so all I see are the clouds in the sky. I'm looking back inside my head with my eyes wide open. I still don't know where I'm going; I decided I'm not crazy or alien. It's… David Wojnarowicz
“ While in principle groups for survivors are a good idea, in practice it soon becomes apparent that to organize a successful group is no simple matter. Groups that start out with hope and promise can d… Judith Lewis Herman
“ But most of those to whom Ender's Game feels most important are those who, like me, feel themselves to be perpetually outside their most beloved communities, never able to come inside and feel confide… Orson Scott Card
“ Shrinking in a corner,pressed into the wall;do they know I'm present,am I here at all?Is there a written rule book,that tells you how to be—all the right things to talk about—that everyone has but me?… Lang Leav
“ Travel does not exist without home....If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after bein… Josh Gates
“ I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. They seemed to have a secret code I couldn’t deciphe… Gloria Whelan
“ It doesn’t matter where you’re at, when you’re with people you love, you’re where you belong. Courtney Carola
“ My idea of "goodness" had to do with belonging in a small yet reciprocal way to something huge and beautiful beyond my understanding. Carrie Saxifrage
“ Their tongues met, starving, two years without this delicious meal. They kissed and kissed and kissed. The joining of their mouths was more intense than that night on the ferry. This was a kiss of reu… Lori Wilde
“ And we kissed again. It was a warm, indescribably lovely feeling. But it was more than just physical. It was a dialogue between two young people with high ideals and a Big Plan. It was about belonging… Jasper Fforde
“ I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not? Rabih Alameddine
“ That evening, in her apartment, still in Warsaw, Ana takes down a book from her shelf – a rather thick, ordinary paperback. It looks old, because it's worn out and somehow shabby. But it's not ordinar… Slavenka Drakulić
“ Thus bound together, they sheltered the child from the cold, dark night, enveloping him in warmth. Seth Adam Smith
“ No one belongs when they are new to this world. All children are Changelings. Catherynne M. Valente
