I loved this moving, insightful & poignant Kindle Single.
“Sooner or later, war and exile will shatter your expectations of your place in the world, your understanding of your own life. Refugees no longer recognize their society, their neighbors — themselves. Perhaps this is the real source of the refugee‘s constant refrain: “It is better to die at home than to die here.” At home, we knew who we were.“ A Syrian Wedding - Nicholas Seeley
paulfrankspencer Sounds like the Israelites in the desert: "Better to die where we had graves." 5y
AbigailDays Wow, so much pain behind that quote. 5y
Maria514626 Like an earthquake through the heart. 5y