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Religious literature4 quotes
I have been a stranger in a strange land. — Moses · 1405 BCAnd Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. — Genesis 4:16 · 1405 BCFor we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. — David · 430 BCA fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. — God · 1405 BCPhilosophical literature1 quote
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live. — Theodor Adorno · 1951