"We are homesick most for the places we have never known."

-- Carson McCullers

#Homesick Quotes #Nostalgia Quotes

“We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.”
“The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.”

Source : "War Is a Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.
“In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute.”
“If we wait for the entertainment industry to change its fundamental values, we may be waiting a long time. But we don't have to wait another day to scale back our own private consumption of television.”
“Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild”
“Istanbul these days has as much dynamism as New York.”

Source : "Istanbul Set to Stamp Its Culture Credentials" by Fiachra Gibbons, www.nytimes.com. June 13, 2006.
“I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself”
“Do you think," Maxon asked, "that I could still call you 'my dear'?" "Not a chance," I whispered. "I'll keep trying. I don't have it in me to give up." And I believed him. It was annoying to think he'd press that issue. "Did you call all of them that?" I nodded my head toward the rest of the room. "Yes, and they all seemed to like it." "That is the exact reason why I don't.”

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