Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in which you had a…

Salman Rushdie
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Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in which you had a meaning, and to which you gave meaning in return by dedicating your life to it, and it spirited you away into fairylands where you were, and looked, frankly absurd. ✨ The Shelter of the World. www.newyorker.com. February 25, 2008.
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