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Quotes about Belonging

    “You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.”

    Maya Angelou

      “There’s a difference between ‘belonging’ and ‘fitting in.’ When our sense of belonging is anchored in ourselves, it doesn’t really matter how or where or if we fit.”

      Suleika Jaouad

        “Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re willing to stand alone is a wilderness—an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. The wilderness can often feel unholy because we can’t control it, or what people think about our choice of whether to venture into that vastness or not. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it’s the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.”

        Brené Brown, Braving The Wildnerness

          “No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.”

          Zen saying, via Sunbeams (Page 84)

            “Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us.  Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it.  Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” ~ Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

              You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars... You have a right to be here.

                You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.