A man's homeland is wherever he prospers¹.

Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Plutus, 388 B.C.

Not going home is already like death.

E. Catherine Tobler, Vanishing Act

Luxuries are never so comfortable as are the familiar, ordinary things of home.

Eucharista Ward³, Match For Mary Bennet, 2009

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

George Moore

The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes.

Harold B. Lee (1899 - 1973)

Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

The weird⁴ thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives.

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012

Ya gotta live somewhere, but also you GET to live somewhere.

John Green, VlogBrothers, A Poem for Spring, 03-26-13

Mid⁵ pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

Be it ever so humble⁶, there's no place like home.

John Howard Payne (1791 - 1852)

A good home must be made, not bought.

Joyce Maynard, "Domestic Affairs"

An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out.

L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908

As difficult as it is to have company within one's house, the absence of company is more so. The quiet echoing of solitary⁷ footsteps within the halls is suddenly amplified⁸ without the voices of excited guests. The clinking of plates and silver has narrowed to individual forks and spoons instead of the enchanting⁹ din² of dining. The natural creaks and squeaks¹⁰ of the home are louder and more surprising.

Laura Moncur (1969 - ), The Secret Heart of Charlotte Lucas, 2014

My home is not a place, it is people.

Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991

A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.

May Sarton