I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place …

Portia de Rossi
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I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices, I had to make it a place that everyone should want to escape from. ✨ Portia de Rossi (2011). Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, p.188, Simon and Schuster
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I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices, I had to make it a place that everyone should want to escape from. ✨ Portia de Rossi (2011). Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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