“ There are many sadnesses in the hearts of men who are far away from their countries. Alexander McCall Smith
“ It didn't help, reminding herself that if she were back in Blackpool she'd spend the afternoon aching to be in London. It just made her feel that she'd never be happy anywhere. Nick Hornby
“ Heart thoughts are profound, hindsight aches and hope is obscure. I'm craving a great adventure -- one that leads me back home. Donna Lynn Hope
“ With me and India it's all about leaving and returning. Madras is home. It's a very complicated relationship. When you are away too long you get homesick, and when you are there too long you are sick… Tishani Doshi
“ Oh Lord! Don't, don't start rhapsodising over that cod again, darling! I can't bear it and I know you are going to! She laughed.You don't understand. It was because it was so typically English. Georgette Heyer
“ Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. I'm coming back some day, they all wrote. But never did. The old life was too small to fit anymore. Annie Proulx
“ She was right. The purebred girls were making mistakes on purpose, in order to give us an advantage. 'King me,' I growled, out of turn. 'I say king me!' and Felicity meekly complied. Beulah pretended… Karen Russell
“ It tugs at me, filling me with the kind of seasick nostalgia that can hit you in the gut when you find an old concert ticket in your purse or an old coin machine ring you got down at the boardwalk on… Brenna Ehrlich
“ It’s all about that cosy, homey feeling, the one you leave behind when you travel across the world. Danielle Esplin
“ It dawned on me that no person is as poetically homesick as someone who has come to New York for the first time and glimpsed a small vestige of her home state. Suzanne Rindell
