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“Migration has been a constant, ‘indigenous’ is relative. Ten thousand years of human displacement have shrunk the genetic distance between populations to the point where ethnic divisions are losing meaning. The desire to belong is as strong as ever, and as it becomes harder to see the difference between ‘them’ and ‘us’, linguistic and cultural boundaries are being guarded more jealously. Language is becoming a battleground in the identity wars, and preserving our linguistic ‘purity’ a justification used by those who want to raise walls.”
Laura Spinney, Proto: How One Accident Language Went Global | Laura Spinney

“He discovered that social taboos about sex were all too convenient for him. After he raped a girl, the whole world would point at her and tell her that it was her own fault. And then this girl would actually think it was her fault.”
Lin Yi-Han, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise
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Elif Shafak
“For every displaced person understands that uncertainty is not tangential to human existence but the very essence of it.”
Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak
“If you only knew how difficult it is to be calm and composed. If you only knew, it takes a fierce fight inside to remain peaceful on the outside.”
Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak
“Home is where your absence is felt, the echo of your voice kept alive, no matter how long you have been away or how far you may have strayed, a place that still beats with the pulse of your heart.”
Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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