Alyssa
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“Everyone has something good about them,” she said. “You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”
“My spirit gets nourished in faraway places. Sometimes I wonder if it's a biological need, perhaps a biological flaw, that compels me to seek the excitement and challenge that comes of being in a place where nobody knows me.
Other times I think that my compulsion to settle into communities that are different from the ones I know is related to my passion for experiential learning. I learn best and most happily by doing, touching, sharing, tasting. When I'm somewhere I've never been before, learning goes on all day, every day.”
― Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
Other times I think that my compulsion to settle into communities that are different from the ones I know is related to my passion for experiential learning. I learn best and most happily by doing, touching, sharing, tasting. When I'm somewhere I've never been before, learning goes on all day, every day.”
― Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
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