If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, […

Khaled Hosseini
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If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, [and] to all rooms inside.
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He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity. ✨ … ▶
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