Alisson Quotes

I had been living in Ohio in my own house with my own life when my marriage abruptly came to an end. I had nowhere to go with my two sons, very little money, and not much to do in Ohio except be someone's ex-wife. My parents instantly and very generously invited my family to move back home to New York, where I could begin again.

I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.

Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.

I moved to Hawaii from Inglewood, New Jersey. I had planned on retiring there.

It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.

I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

I have really fond memories of Texas. By the time I was eight, we started to go back to Chile very regularly, and many family members came to visit us because we couldn't go visit them.

I grew up in North Yorkshire, but now London is home.

I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did.

One does not live in a country for 34 years and find it easy to go.

It's not a lighthearted decision to change your language, your country, your citizenship, and come to a world where you don't know anybody, to leave a place where you've had opportunities to build friendships from childhood. That's quite a big decision to make.

I wasn't upset to leave Los Angeles.

It was really difficult for me to leave Manchester United. I left for a personal choice.

I begged my parents to let me go to LA for three months just to try it out. Three months turned into five years.

There are a lot of people in Chicago that I miss. I was there one year out of high school. So I basically grew up there.

My wife and son cried when we left Portugal, but I had to move.

I knew it was going to take a lot for me to leave my situation in Atlanta. We feel very good here. We love the city.

I would have loved to stay in Buffalo and all that.

When I was in L.A., I thought I would never leave.

My mum knew if I got out of Kolkata, I wouldn't return. So she made me sit for the entrance of St Xavier's. But once I set foot in Delhi, there was no returning.

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly.

Moving to New York was the best decision I ever made.

I’m not like the rest of you; I never made any plans about what I’d do when I grew up; I never thought of being married, as you did. I couldn’t seem to imagine myself anything but stupid little Beth, trotting about at home, of no use anywhere but there. I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life.