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Image:New Home.jpg A home is a place where a person or family lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable being. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade and the things and people that one loves becomes the focus. Many people think of home in terms of where they grew up, or a time rather than a place.

The word "home" is also used for various residential institutions which aspire to create a home-like atmosphere, such as a retirement home, a nursing home, a 'group home' (an orphanage for children or a retirement home for adults), a foster home, etc.

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[edit] Psychological impact

Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person's home has been known to physiologically influence their behavior, emotions, and overall mental health. For example, in the introduction to the film Patch Adams, the concept of "home" is compared to the human need for peaceful sanctuary and the absence of it thus leading to restlessness. Such restlessness, as can be seen by that particular case, may lead to depression and, ultimately, to a loss of sanity.

[edit] Popular Sayings

There are a number of popular sayings concerning home, many attempting (and/or struggling) to give it a clear definition, including the following:

  • "Home follows the family."
  • "Home is where the heart is."
  • "Home is where the hearth is."
  • "Home is where you make it"
  • "Love makes a house a home."
  • "There's no place like home" <ref>"Home! Sweet Home!", by John Howard Payne</ref><ref>Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz</ref>
  • "You can't go home again."<ref>Thomas Wolfe</ref>
  • "An Englishman's home is his castle."
  • "Everybody wants to go home."
  • "Home is where the hurt is."<ref>Say Anything (band)</ref>
  • "Charity begins at Home".<ref>Earliest version referenced by Oxford English Dictionary is from Of Prelates by John Wycliffe (c. 1380): "Charity should begin at himself."</ref>
  • "A home is in all hearts"

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[edit] See also

de:Heim es:Hogar fr:Foyer fi:Koti pt:Lar he:בית מגורים zh-yue:屋企

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