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"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home."

"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"New Orleans, city of roaches, city of decay, city of our family, and of happy, happy people."

"New Orleans, city of roaches, city of decay, city of our family, and of happy, happy people."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Home, Decay, Family, Community, Happiness

18

"Home wasn't built in a day."

"Home wasn't built in a day."

Jane Sherwood Ace, American Actress

18

"Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."

"Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

18

"Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a couple glasses of wine and wrote it."

"Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a couple glasses of wine and wrote it."

Annette O'Toole, American Dancer

Home, Kiss, Idea, End

18

"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

Billy Zane, American Actor

18

"Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love."

"Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Home, Love, Nothing, Security

18

"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."

"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

18

"My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around."

"My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around."

Neneh Cherry, Swedish Musician

Home, Life, Love, People

18

"I write every day when I'm at home - trying to catch up with correspondence."

"I write every day when I'm at home - trying to catch up with correspondence."

Colin Dexter, British Novelist

Home, Day, Trying

18

"A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion."

"A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Home, Comfort, Cats, Mystery

17

"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."

"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."

Claudia Black, Australian Actress

17

"I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out."

"I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out."

George Eliot, British Author

Home, Women, Bachelors, Husbands

17

"Gee I don't know, I just want to get home."

"Gee I don't know, I just want to get home."

Dale Murphy, American Athlete

17

"Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option."

"Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

Home, Loss, Longing, Belonging

17

"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."

"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Home, Sex, Man, Want

17

"She herself had grown up without any one spot of earth being dearer than another: there was no center of earth pieties, of grave endearing traditions, to which her heart could revert and from which it could draw strength for itself and tenderness for others."

"She herself had grown up without any one spot of earth being dearer than another: there was no center of earth pieties, of grave endearing traditions, to which her heart could revert and from which it could draw strength for itself and tenderness for others."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Home, Identity, Memory, Longing, Isolation

17

"There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home."

"There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Home, Washington, Wrong

17

"I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress."

"I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress."

Paul Sorvino, American Actor

17

"A home without a cat - and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat - may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?"

"A home without a cat - and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat - may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?"

Mark Twain, American Author

Home, Cat, Pet, Loyalty

17

"Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."

"Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Home, Self, Life, Existence

17

"I do the cooking at home. Where we eat no more than 100 grams of meat a day and have 'tons' of fresh vegetables. I prepare the vegetables with a wide range of herbs, spices and such. We also keep on hand lots of fruit, yogurt and great breads."

"I do the cooking at home. Where we eat no more than 100 grams of meat a day and have 'tons' of fresh vegetables. I prepare the vegetables with a wide range of herbs, spices and such. We also keep on hand lots of fruit, yogurt and great breads."

Graham Kerr, English Celebrity

Home, Cooking, Day

17

"It made him wonder if all things taken from their home too soon lost some of their bloom."

"It made him wonder if all things taken from their home too soon lost some of their bloom."

Dan Groat, American Author

Home, Loss, Beauty, Time

17

"It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love."

"It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love."

Margaret Truman, American Novelist

Home, Love, Greatness, Career

17

"The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much."

"The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much."

Colin Chapman, English Inventor

Home, Marriage, Successful

17

"So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home."

"So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Home, Memory, Change, Nostalgia

17

"The mare set off for home with the speed of a swallow, and going as smoothly and silently. I never had dreamed of such a motion, fluent and graceful, and ambient, soft as the breeze flitting over the flowers, but swift as the summer lightening."

"The mare set off for home with the speed of a swallow, and going as smoothly and silently. I never had dreamed of such a motion, fluent and graceful, and ambient, soft as the breeze flitting over the flowers, but swift as the summer lightening."

Richard Blackmore, English Poet

Home, Flowers, Summer

17

"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."

"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."

Garry Moore, American Celebrity

Home, Time, Heart, Body

17

"Where thou art, that is home."

"Where thou art, that is home."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

16

"I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America."

"I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Home, Purpose, Strength, Ability

16

"I wonder if it will be-can be-any more beautiful than this,' murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom 'home' must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars."

"I wonder if it will be-can be-any more beautiful than this,' murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom 'home' must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Home, Beauty, Nature, Wonder

16

"We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about."

"We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about."

John Atkinson, Irish Judge

Home, People, Fighting, Nothing

16

"In 2006 I had begun the discernment process for locating my rightful geographic home. By the time my corporate pink slip arrived I had spent two years researching and taking recon trips to five different cities in southern California. Having crossed them off my list, in February 2008 I visited Sarasota, Florida, at the urging of a friend who winters in a neighboring town. Though Florida had never been on my radar, only minutes in Sarasota I knew I'd found home."

"In 2006 I had begun the discernment process for locating my rightful geographic home. By the time my corporate pink slip arrived I had spent two years researching and taking recon trips to five different cities in southern California. Having crossed them off my list, in February 2008 I visited Sarasota, Florida, at the urging of a friend who winters in a neighboring town. Though Florida had never been on my radar, only minutes in Sarasota I knew I'd found home."

Gina Greenlee, American Author

Home, Discovery, Journey, Belonging

16

"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home."

"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home."

Ron Atkinson, British Athlete

16

"We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home."

"We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home."

Jim Messina, American Musician

Home, Living, Songs

16

"I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad."

"I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad."

Michelle Branch, American Musician

Home, Love, Animals, Bed

16

"A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter."

"A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Home, Joy, Kindness, Laughter

16

"The world turns gray, the air grows cool, the fog blows in. Only at evening can you really value home."

"The world turns gray, the air grows cool, the fog blows in. Only at evening can you really value home."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Home, Evening, Comfort, Change

15

"I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home."

"I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home."

Gary Glitter, English Musician

Home, Time, Living, Want

15

"I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him."

"I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Home, People, Hollywood

15

"Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge."

"Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Home, Security, Safety, Comfort

15

"My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway."

"My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway."

Frank Lane, American Businessman

15

"I'd prefer to die in Texas when I'm old. They say most good things end the same way they started, and that's where I entered the world, so that's how I'll leave it."

"I'd prefer to die in Texas when I'm old. They say most good things end the same way they started, and that's where I entered the world, so that's how I'll leave it."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Home, Death, Acceptance, Identity

15

"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."

"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Home, Heart, Kitchen, Health

15

"Our homes travel with us. They are wherever we feel loved and accepted."

"Our homes travel with us. They are wherever we feel loved and accepted."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Home, Love, Acceptance, Security

15

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Home, Comfort, Nothing

15

"The house was safe again, although a little bit more untidy, but at least Vluffy didn't have to worry about big nasty two headed roaches chasing him down the hall anymore."

"The house was safe again, although a little bit more untidy, but at least Vluffy didn't have to worry about big nasty two headed roaches chasing him down the hall anymore."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Home, Safety, Comfort, Imagination

15

"Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole."

"Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole."

Eleanor Mondale, American Actress

Home, Forget, Vote, Voting

15

"It was a show that you played at home and you're saying to the contestant do this and do that. When you at home are involved in yelling at the screen, then you know you've got an audience."

"It was a show that you played at home and you're saying to the contestant do this and do that. When you at home are involved in yelling at the screen, then you know you've got an audience."

Monty Hall, Canadian Actor

15

"The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful."

"The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful."

David Boies, American Lawyer

15

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