"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely"
- Frank McCourt
About this Quote
This quote by Frank McCourt speaks with the power of solitude and the lengths people will go to in order to prevent it. His mom and Alfie came for a three week Christmas trip and ended up staying for 21 years. This recommends that his mom was so lonesome that she was willing to stay in a foreign country for a prolonged time period in order to prevent being alone. It also talks to the power of friendship and how it can be an effective remedy to loneliness. The quote likewise speaks to the power of household and how it can supply a complacency and convenience even in the most unfamiliar of locations. It is a suggestion that no matter how far away we might be from our loved ones, they can still offer us with a sense of house and belonging.
This quote is written / told by Frank McCourt somewhere between August 19, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Author from Ireland.
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