Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. ✨ Gio…

James A. Baldwin
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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. ✨ Giovanni's Room. Book by James A. Baldwin (Part 2), www.newyorker.com. 1956.
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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. ✨ Giovanni's Room. Book by James A. Baldwin (Part 2), www.newyorker.com. 1956.

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