Helen Oyeyemi Quotes

The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.

There is a real sense of family when you're around Australians, even if you don't know them.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends.

One of the most important parts of my life has been community.

People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.

I did feel like I had a relationship and knew so many people in 'Shondaland,' and that certainly made me feel very welcomed.

Japan took me in as one of their own and treated me like one of their own.

Where I came from had a lot of friends. A big social circle.

I don't think about it. I have always been linked up with everybody.

It's always a lot easier when you have people around you supporting you.

I never want to feel too far away from people. I think that's when you get in trouble.

When you live away from your family, your friends and faculty become your family.

She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.

How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable.

At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.

I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.

Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart.

We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds and sustains us. As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family.

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.