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James Baldwin

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”

― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
tags: anchoring, attachment, belonging, comfort, completion, fulfillment, home, irrevocability, permanence, philosophy, psychology, safety, security, state-of-mind
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