"All of one’s life is a struggle towards that; the narrow path between freedom and belonging. I have sometimes sacrificed freedom in order to belong, but more often I have given up all hope of belonging."


— Jeanette Winterson, from “The 24-Hour Dog,” The World and Other Places .
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"I never got to say goodbye."


— a six word story.
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"

every time
i planted my roots
i had to rip them out.

i do not settle any more.
i do not believe in homes.
i do not stay -
i go;
i leave;
i disappear.

i do not come back;
i arrive
never the same,
forever unsettled.

"


— marina v., too much of me is scattered on this earth. .
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