Cities Quote by Wendy C. Ortiz

My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never…

— Anonymous

The dramatic sufferings of adults and all the cruel fantasies of those of my own age, who seemed abandoned to their own impulses in…

— Antoni Tapies

Throughout my childhood, a heavy cloud of pain and disappointment and insecurity hovered over my home, my little street, my neighborhood, Jewish Jerusalem, Jewish…

— Amos Oz

At home, my personal life was regularly falling apart, and from childhood on, I had a lot of chaos. I was addicted to chaos;…

— Ginger Zee

Growing up in the fifties, having to wear a dog tag, having to take shelter in a bomb shelter. That turned me toward the…

— Anne Waldman

My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family…

— Winona Ryder

I was very focused, driven, rigid, work-oriented. I didn't care about having a family or making a home. I didn't think about kids. It's…

— Susan Downey

Basically it's true that my own life has been my chief window for life in America, beginning with my childhood and the conflicts, the…

— John Updike

I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

In a mad moment, my family and I purchased a home in Maine because it's the place in the world that my wife loves…

— John Hodgman

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and…

— John Britton

Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.

— Mitski