A small brass house-shaped key hanging inside an open teal birdcage, with a coral ribbon trailing against a dusty-rose background.

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Duke

That’s my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that’s where my home is.

— The Notebook ‧ 2004

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Home here isn't a building at all; it's a person. The speaker points to someone inside and says that wherever she happens to be, that's where home is. It's a warm, plain way of saying belonging travels with the people we love, not with an address.

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