Jacqueline Woodson Quotes About Home

Quotes about: Home

• I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd be okay. It's funny how we never know exactly how our life will go It's funny how a dream can fade with the break of day. Time can't erase the memory and time can't bring you home Last Summer was a part of me and now a part is gone. —Margaret

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Summer, Dream, Memories

• I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know there is a lot of the South in my mannerisms. There's a lot of the South in my expectations of other people and how people treat each other. There's a lot of the South in the way I speak, but it could never be home.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Home, Expectations, People

  "Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 20, 2014.

• Even with all of its changing, Brooklyn's architecture still feels like home, the language feels like home. It's changing so quickly that it's surprising. It's surprising still, when someone looks kind of askance to see me walking towards them.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Home, Looks, Brooklyn

  Source: therumpus.net

• To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Home, Appreciate, Watches

  Source: therumpus.net

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