"Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past"
- John Thorn
About this Quote
This quote by John Thorn speaks to the idea of displacement and the sensation of being disconnected from one's past. It recommends that much of us are living in a state of voluntary exile from our prolonged families and our longer past, due to the pursuit of employment or climatic relief. Nevertheless, this voluntary exile can lead to an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past. This quote speaks with the concept that when we are removed from our past, we can become detached from our true selves and our identity. It is a tip that although we might be physically gotten rid of from our past, we need to strive to stay linked to it in order to remain linked to ourselves.
This quote is written / told by John Thorn somewhere between April 17, 1947 and today. He/she was a famous Historian from USA.
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