"Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend."
— Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)

"There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its home and happiness its headquarters."
— Wallace Stegner (Crossing to Safety)

"It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any."
— Wallace Stegner