| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| afb1006 | I wanted to be strong when I went back to Persuasion. Strong and beautiful and totally together. I dreamed of the day I'd get to rub all your faces in my sheer awesomeness. | coming-home dreams strong-women | Susan Donovan | |
| 290688d | "Yes, you have been away a very long time. " "Oh, centuries and centuries; so long," she said, "that I'm sure I'm dead and buried, and this dear old place is heaven;" | coming-home foreigner time | Edith Wharton |