Elizabeth II Quotes

I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any time I felt overwhelmed. Whenever there were times when I felt like the rug was being pulled out from under me and I was floating in this crazy space, I would stop and go back to that neighborhood and realize nothing's changed, really.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.

We'll have nothing to fear.

I like having a home. I like having a place to return to.

It always just feels good going back home. It feels like nothing has changed. Seeing my room, the views. It, like, grounds you.

It's always good to be home.

When mom is cooking, we are more in a routine. You can better relax when you go through things like you usually do. It is more comfortable.

God, it's good to come home. No matter what you achieve, you come home, and everything is normal.

Children be comforted, I am well.

There is no place like home.

I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spend the night: it's a disquieting experience for a child. And what I would do was quickly unpack my books and go back to a book I knew well and make sure the same text and the same illustrations were there.

You wake up in the morning; what do you want to know? You want to know what happened overnight. You want to know if you're safe. You want to know if you're family's safe.

We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.

Seek home for rest, for home is best.

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

One of our deepest needs is to be at home.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

As long as my voice is here, and there is a Holiday Inn waiting for me, then everything's just swell.

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.

Home is where your teapots are.

I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.