Quotes of: Home-town Keyword

Here at the edges, in the cracks and at the crossroads, stepping from shadow to shadow in the river of darkness that runs through the heart of Wink, he feels much more at home.

American Elsewhere

What are you thinking?” I ask. “That I wish this was my home, too.” I have nothing to say to this, so I kiss him instead.

The Art of Letting Go

Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go- which is the way I carry my mother now.

Allegiant

...I have to go home and get a few things done. If I don’t get out the Pledge soon, the dust bunnies are going to be leaving tracks on my furniture...

Addressing Spirits

The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

Home-Making

It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity, there were these moments of undeniable joy.

The Historian

...it is my belief that all of us suffer from some kind of mental instability. What would you say if I told you we all are a little crazy?

Home by the Sea

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

Home to Holly Springs

but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it

The Hook Up

Maybe it's time to stop being a soldier and go home to be a father. And a husband for Deanna. I'm not sure how.

House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

I had this vision of the two of us holding hands or getting into some light petting behind shower curtains or up in the fencing aisle or some shit.

Home to Woefield

Outside the family circle, papa, I'm glad to say, is entirely unknown. I think that is quite as it should be. The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man.

The Importance of Being Earnest

With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head.

If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

Jacksonville is home to the most romantic man in the known universe. And it will be for some time, until I either move away, or my clone arrives to challenge me for my title.

I am Jacksonville

But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liable for my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions

Impulse

You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for... and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.

It

The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous.

Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.

The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Home to Summer Island

Maddie breathed in deep, inhaling the scent of breakfast and dish soap, clean laundry and wood floors, sunshine and a room filled with love. It smelled like home.

The Road to Hope

I felt like the sky around me was closing me in. Trapping me in some sort of bubble where time stands still and grief would linger on forever.

Returning Home

It is a great comfort to a rambling people to know that somewhere there is a permanent home--perhaps it is the most final of the comforts they ever really know.

Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory