“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed.
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“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.”
“There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding. ”
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