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338 Belonging quotes by 276 unique authors

A decade ago young people en masse began declaring themselves as Yugoslavs. It was a form of rising Yugoslav nationalism, which was a reaction to… — Josip Broz Tito
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand. — Nhat Hanh
Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality - collecting fragments of experience here,… — Toni Morrison
Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging. — Deepak Chopra
I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a… — Annie Dillard
All migrants leave their pasts behind, although some try to pack it into bundles and boxes-but on the journey something seeps out of the treasured… — Salman Rushdie
A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement… — Pico Iyer
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen… — Charles Dickens
There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. — Jodi Picoult
Here I am not the one to throw out. No one steals my warmth and shoes because I am small. No one handles my backside.… — Toni Morrison
Then you begin to give up the very idea of belonging. Suddenly this thing, this belonging,it seems like some long, dirty lie ... and I… — Zadie Smith
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. — Walt Whitman
Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They… — Michael Ondaatje
Normal! He thought. Normal! I don't want things to be normal. Normal is always being left out, never belonging. — Paul Stewart
I spent so much time telling myself that this wasn't home that I started to believe it," she said carefully. "Belonging has always been tough… — Sarah Addison Allen
It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they… — Alexis de Tocqueville
We walk alone through this world, but if we're lucky, we have a moment of belonging to something, to someone, that sustains us through a… — Paullina Simons
It's funny," she said, with a strange hitch in her voice, "but I never wanted to be tied to anyone. Never wanted to be owned… — Larissa Ione
Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you… — Daniel Handler
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than… — William Arthur Ward
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not… — BrenÃ© Brown
In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood. — Shashi Tharoor
It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided.… — Deb Caletti
When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek… — Anais Nin
He has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. His time, what a bankrupt idea, as if he's been given a box… — Margaret Atwood

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