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“Homecoming is a single word, and we use it to describe a single event. But true homecoming requires more time. It seems to be a process rather than a moment. Perhaps we come home the way the earth comes home to the sun. It could be that homecoming is always a return and our understanding of home deepens with each encounter.”
Christie Purifoy“They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you suddenly remember what it feels like to be yourself.”
Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers“Temporary homecomings are bittersweet. Sometimes it's better not to go back at all than to have to leave again.”
Amanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire“And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it's good.”
Phil Klay“The ancients said that for persons who cultivated body and mind, and who are virtuous and honorable, death is an experience of liberation, a long-awaited rest from a lifetime of labors. Death helps the unscrupulous person to put an end to the misery of desire. Death, then, for everyone is a kind of homecoming. That is why the ancient sages speak of a dying person as a person who is 'going home.”
Liezi, Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living“A journey is a dismal thing when there can be no homecoming.”
Stanisław Lem, The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy“I'm sorry I ruined your homecoming."He kissed me once more and then shook his head. "The only thing that could ruin this is not being with you.”
Markelle Grabo, The Spell Master“She caught herself working so hard at mothering that she forgot to enjoy her children. -from ~Homecoming Season~”
Susan Wiggs, More Than Words: Volume 3