The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return. ―Milan Kundera, Ignorance
homesickness
Quote for Today: Patrick Jennings
Through the window, I saw the beautiful world outside: the sky, the sun, the cacti, the rocks, and the dirt. How I longed to return to it! I licked at the air, trying to smell the desert's delicious dusty scent, but could not. How was I able to see it without smelling it? Did … Continue reading Quote for Today: Patrick Jennings
Carrying Home: The Work of Do-ho Suh
Our experience of home deepens and changes with time. Does moving away from our roots help us understand them better? Do-ho Suh grew up fascinated by the sea. His dream was to become a marine biologist and study the movements and migrations of fish. Unfortunately, his math scores were not up to par to enter that … Continue reading Carrying Home: The Work of Do-ho Suh
Quote for Today: Herman Hesse
A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, the longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one's suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is … Continue reading Quote for Today: Herman Hesse
Quote for Today: L. Frank Baum
No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home. --L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Quote for Today: Terry Pratchett
Veil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a sudden crash of thunder,' said Otto. 'And if I vas to point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is . . . zer castle" a volf … Continue reading Quote for Today: Terry Pratchett
