Carolina QuotesMore than a traveler, I’m a displacer. In other words, I’m a person who is constantly meditating on what it means not to arrive at a place, but to be on my way somewhere else.
Ariel Dorfman Connected to the Carolinas
Source
On further elaborating on his point of being displaced in “Ariel Dorfman: 'Not to belong anywhere, to be displaced, is not a bad thing for a writer'” in The Guardian (2018 May 9)
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- 2018
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“More than a traveler, I’m a displacer. In other words, I’m a…” Ariel Dorfman. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-42304929B5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/42304929b5
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