
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
— André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869- 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.
Quote from: Les faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters] (1925)
Very perceptive quote. I experienced something like it when I decided to leave my former home to move near my grandchildren.
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Hmmm. I will ponder how this quote relates to the possibility of me moving to India at some point! Thanks…….
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