Quotes tagged ‘Homesick’

“Marcus Aurelius: When was the last time you were home? Maximus: Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning.”

— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Russell Crowe, imdb.com

“Ellis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland. Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“[instructing new immigrant] You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that…”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“Life on the outside is hard.”

— Erin Zimmerman, thecut.com

“I wanted to stay there, in that night... more than anything I wanted before. But I knew I couldn't. I was fifteen. I slept under a roof my father owned, in a bed my father bought. Nothing was mine, except my heart, and my fears. And my growing knowledge that not every road was going to lead home any…”

— Mark Levin, Narrator (Adult Kevin), Daniel Stern, imdb.com

“Oh my I love you and oh my I am homesick for you.”

— Martha Gellhorn, amazon.com

“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”

— Unknown (via QUOTEMADNESS), quotemadness.com

“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”

— Unknown (via QUOTEMADNESS), quotemadness.com

“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”

— Unknown (via QUOTEMADNESS), quotemadness.com

“I am not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”

— Louisa May Alcott, amazon.com

“Homesickness is not always a vague, nostalgic, almost beautiful emotion, although that is somehow the way we always seem to picture it in our mind. It can be a terribly keen blade, not just a sickness in metaphor but in fact as well. It can change the way one looks at the world; the faces one sees i…”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

“It doesn't matter where you're from—or how you feel... There's always peace in a strong cup of coffee.”

— Gabriel Bá, amazon.com

“I hate this town but I'm afraid to leave.”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“Woe, when you feel homesick for the land as if it had offered more freedom—and there is no longer any 'land.'”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com