82 Heartfelt Missing Home Quotes for the Homesick Soul

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1. “Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.

– John Howard Payne

John Howard Payne Quote: “Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”

2. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone

– Julia Karo

Julia Karo Quote: “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”

3. “There is no place like Home

– L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum Quote: “There is no place like Home”

4. “You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right.”

5. “I’m homesick all the time. I miss my animals. I miss my family. I miss my friends.

– Brittany Howard

Brittany Howard Quote: “I’m homesick all the time. I miss my animals. I miss my family. I miss my friends.”

6. “I miss home so much that I’ve started talking to my suitcase like it’s a long-lost friend. ‘Hey there, old buddy, remember the good times?

– Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan Quote: “I miss home so much that I’ve started talking to my suitcase like it’s a long-lost friend. ‘Hey there, old buddy, remember the good times?”

7. “Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home.

– A. N. Onymous

A. N. Onymous Quote: “Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home.”

8. “Home is where our story begins.

– Victoria Gripas

Victoria Gripas Quote: “Home is where our story begins.”

9. “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

– Robert Frost

Robert Frost Quote: “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”

10. “What I love most about my home is who I share it with.

– Tad Carpenter

Tad Carpenter Quote: “What I love most about my home is who I share it with.”

11. “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

– Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Quote: “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.”

12. “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

– Jane Austen

Jane Austen Quote: “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”

13. “What is home? My home is heaven. So is yours if you love and serve all mankind.

– Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau Quote: “What is home? My home is heaven. So is yours if you love and serve all mankind.”

14. “If home is where the heart is, then may your home be blessed.

– John Mcleod

John Mcleod Quote: “If home is where the heart is, then may your home be blessed.”

15. “Peace, like charity, begins at home.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quote: “Peace, like charity, begins at home.”

16. “The home is the chief school of human virtues.

– William Ellery Channing

William Ellery Channing Quote: “The home is the chief school of human virtues.”

17. “Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.

– Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland Quote: “Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.”

18. “When you feel homesick,’ he said, ‘just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go.

– Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt Quote: “When you feel homesick,’ he said, ‘just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go.”

19. “No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.

– Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Quote: “No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.”

20. “I always wanted to travel, but now that I am, all I want is to go home

– Rehan Khan

Rehan Khan Quote: “I always wanted to travel, but now that I am, all I want is to go home”

21. “If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

– Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie Quote: “If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

22. “Introverts live in two worlds; we visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.

– Jenn Granneman

Jenn Granneman Quote: “Introverts live in two worlds; we visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.”

23. “I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”

24. “One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

– Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse Quote: “One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.”

25. “Home is where WiFi connects automatically

– Victoria Gripas

Victoria Gripas Quote: “Home is where WiFi connects automatically”

26. “Better to have a messy home and happy children than a perfect yard and unhappy children.

– Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg Quote: “Better to have a messy home and happy children than a perfect yard and unhappy children.”

27. “Let your home be your mast and not your anchor.

– Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran Quote: “Let your home be your mast and not your anchor.”

28. “Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.

– Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers Quote: “Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.”

29. “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.

– Melissa Cox

Melissa Cox Quote: “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.”

30. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

31. “Missing home and family is a sign that home is the place where you belong and where you are loved.

– Catherine Pulsifer

Catherine Pulsifer Quote: “Missing home and family is a sign that home is the place where you belong and where you are loved.”

32. “Maybe home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you’re at your worst.

– Yara Bashraheel

Yara Bashraheel Quote: “Maybe home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you’re at your worst.”

33. “The houses in childhood’s home stand, as we leave them and remember them.

– Carson Mccullers

Carson Mccullers Quote: “The houses in childhood’s home stand, as we leave them and remember them.”

34. “The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.

– Donna Lynn Hope

Donna Lynn Hope Quote: “The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”

35. “Homesickness is a yearning for familiar surroundings and a sense of belonging, a universal human emotion that transcends time and place.

– Amy Wax

Amy Wax Quote: “Homesickness is a yearning for familiar surroundings and a sense of belonging, a universal human emotion that transcends time and place.”

36. “I want my home to be that kind of place, a place of sustenance, a place of invitation, a place of welcome.

– Mary Demuth

Mary Demuth Quote: “I want my home to be that kind of place, a place of sustenance, a place of invitation, a place of welcome.”

37. “You are king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

– Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel De Cervantes Quote: “You are king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.”

38. “Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote: “Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

39. “A house is made of brick and mortar, but a home is made by the people who live there.

– M.K.Soni

M.K.Soni Quote: “A house is made of brick and mortar, but a home is made by the people who live there.”

40. “Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.

– William J. Bennett

William J. Bennett Quote: “Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.”

41. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.

– Pierce Brown

Pierce Brown Quote: “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.”

42. “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

43. “Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.

– Edie Falco

Edie Falco Quote: “Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.”

44. “The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

– Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott Quote: “The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

45. “Homesickness is the feeling of being cast from the nest, of being caught between two worlds, of not quite belonging to either one.

– Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer Quote: “Homesickness is the feeling of being cast from the nest, of being caught between two worlds, of not quite belonging to either one.”

46. “There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace.

– Cicero

Cicero Quote: “There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace.”

47. “The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

– E. W. Howe

E. W. Howe Quote: “The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.”

48. “Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.

– Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult Quote: “Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.”

49. “I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.

– Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts Quote: “I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.”

50. “I miss my family and I miss home, but I’m grateful for everything that has happened thus far.

– Irina Shayk

Irina Shayk Quote: “I miss my family and I miss home, but I’m grateful for everything that has happened thus far.”

51. “Home — the blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel’s wings.

– Lyda M. Child

Lyda M. Child Quote: “Home — the blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel’s wings.”

52. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire; it is the time for home.

– Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell Quote: “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire; it is the time for home.”

53. “Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.

– N.K. Jemisin

N.K. Jemisin Quote: “Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”

54. “Maybe that’s the best part of going away for a vacation – coming home again.

– Madeline L’Engle

Madeline L’Engle Quote: “Maybe that’s the best part of going away for a vacation – coming home again.”

55. “I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists; the past. Maybe nostalgia is a trap. But nostalgia is also a gift.

– John Green

John Green Quote: “I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists; the past. Maybe nostalgia is a trap. But nostalgia is also a gift.”

56. “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

– Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Quote: “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”

57. “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

– E. W. Howe

E. W. Howe Quote: “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.”

58. “There’s no shame in feeling homesick. It means you come from a happy home.

– Mrs. Hughes

Mrs. Hughes Quote: “There’s no shame in feeling homesick. It means you come from a happy home.”

59. “If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.

– Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai Quote: “If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.”

60. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.”

61. “Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

– Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz Quote: “Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”

62. “Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.

– Charles Henry Parkhurst

Charles Henry Parkhurst Quote: “Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.”

63. “Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn’t appreciate its beauty.

– Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks Quote: “Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn’t appreciate its beauty.”

64. “Every happy home has a foundation of love and a framework of support.

– Wes Fesler

Wes Fesler Quote: “Every happy home has a foundation of love and a framework of support.”

65. “Home is wherever you leave everything you love and never question that it will be there when you return.

– Leo Christopher

Leo Christopher Quote: “Home is wherever you leave everything you love and never question that it will be there when you return.”

66. “Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home.

– Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray Quote: “Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home.”

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

– George A. Moore

George A. Moore Quote: “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.”

68. “Home sweet home. This is the place to find happiness. If one doesn’t find it here, one doesn’t find it anywhere.

– M. K. Soni

M. K. Soni Quote: “Home sweet home. This is the place to find happiness. If one doesn't find it here, one doesn't find it anywhere.”

69. “It’s not how big the house is, it’s how happy the home is.

– Vector

Vector Quote: “It's not how big the house is, it's how happy the home is.”

70. “Homesickness is a longing for a place that no longer exists or may have never existed. It is a nostalgia for lost places, people, and things.

– Carson Mccullers

Carson Mccullers Quote: “Homesickness is a longing for a place that no longer exists or may have never existed. It is a nostalgia for lost places, people, and things.”

71. “You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

– Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell Quote: “You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.”

72. “No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home.

– Laura Marney

Laura Marney Quote: “No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home.”

73. “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

– Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Quote: “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”

74. “Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

– John Cheever

John Cheever Quote: “Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.”

75. “Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.

– Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Quote: “Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.”

76. “Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, a dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.

– Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery Quote: “Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, a dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.”

77. “He longed for home with all the longing of a man who is going to die.

– William J. Bennett

William J. Bennett Quote: “He longed for home with all the longing of a man who is going to die.”

78. “Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

– James Baldwin

James Baldwin Quote: “Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”

79. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing

Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing

80. “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.

– John Ed Pearce

John Ed Pearce Quote: “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.”

81. “Home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there.

– Aleksandar Hemon

Aleksandar Hemon Quote: “Home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there.”

82. “I don’t care if we have our house, or a cliff ledge, or a cardboard box. Home is wherever we all are, together.

– James Patterson

James Patterson Quote: “I don’t care if we have our house, or a cliff ledge, or a cardboard box. Home is wherever we all are, together.”
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