--- title: "8 Feel Belonged Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Feel Belonged quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Feel Belonged sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/julianne-donaldson-10666_ambition_and-paint-to-take-care-of-my-father-to-f_74792.jpg" --- > [“and paint, to take care of my father, to feel that I belonged, to do something useful and good with my time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-donaldson/and-paint-to-take-care-of-my-father-to-feel-that-i-belonged-to-do/) [Julianne Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-donaldson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/julianne-donaldson-10666_ambition_and-paint-to-take-care-of-my-father-to-f_74792.jpg) > [In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/in-all-her-intercourse-with-society-however-there-was-nothing-that/) [Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_familiar_in-all-her-intercourse-with-society-howe_202579.jpg) > [I didn't feel I belonged in so perfect a family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-reagan/i-didn-t-feel-i-belonged-in-so-perfect-a-family/) [Michael Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/michael-reagan-18000_belonged_i-didn-t-feel-i-belonged-in-so-perfect-a_358648.jpg) > [“Why didn't I feel that I belonged to my parents? How could I have known that I was not right? I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-frances-casey/why-didn-t-i-feel-that-i-belonged-to-my-parents-how-could-i-have/) [Joan Frances Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-frances-casey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/joan-frances-casey-20220_emotional-abuse_why-didn-t-i-feel-that-i-belonged-to-my_541744.jpg) > [“His fingers brushed the heartsfire earring on his left ear. In all the time of their estrangement, he had never removed it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eress/his-fingers-brushed-the-heartsfire-earring-on-his-left-ear-in-all-the/) [Eressë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/eress-84272_angst_his-fingers-brushed-the-heartsfire-earri_626607.jpg) > [I went through my whole life wanting to feel I belonged. I was very, very lonely, so I would marry people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-wood/i-went-through-my-whole-life-wanting-to-feel-i-belonged-i-was-very/) [Lana Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/lana-wood-49206_because_i-went-through-my-whole-life-wanting-to_754271.jpg) > [I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-scherzinger/i-was-a-very-quiet-shy-child-i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-louisville/) [Nicole Scherzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-scherzinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/nicole-scherzinger-9249_character_i-was-a-very-quiet-shy-child-i-grew-up-i_2278392.jpg) > [For a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/for-a-time-i-would-feel-i-belonged-still-to-a-world-of/) [Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/joseph-conrad-336_facts_for-a-time-i-would-feel-i-belonged-still_3173023.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-belonged/#itemlist", "name": "Feel Belonged Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“and paint, to take care of my father, to feel that I belonged, to do something useful and good with my time. 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