John Edgar Wideman Quotes

Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it's about the people you're surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.

My home is not a place, it is people.

Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or Germany and Canada with my friends.

We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us.

Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections.

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.

Home is where my family is.

Toronto is home; nothing beats home.

Home is the nicest word there is.

Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. Cora was right - we had many families over time. Our family of origion, the family we created, as well as the gorups you moved thorugh while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them were perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You couldn't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build a world from it.

It's always good to go home. It's strengthening to see your past and know you have someplace to go where you're part of a people.

It's natural that I want to recreate a home.

I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong.

I think home has become my friends and family, wherever they are.

I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

It's only a house when it's filled with people you love.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'

Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.

Where thou art, that is home.

Home is where my mom is.

Home is where the heart is.

Home is here in London and always has been.

I love my community. I love always being able to come back and have a home.