“If not belonging is a consequence for certain actions, there was no belonging in the first place.”

““Truth does not belong to cowards. The truth does not belong to the losers. The truth belongs only to those who dare to speak out against tyranny and injustice, whatever the consequences.””

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”

“My actions are my only true belongings.”

“Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones.”

“The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.”

“The naïve faith of the proletarian is the faith of the man of action. Rationality belongs to the cool observers.”

“He was a fugitive, lurking soul, James Leer. He didn't belong anywhere, but things went much better for him in places where nobody belonged.”

“Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven. So you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the cost of belonging is worth it.”

“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.”