"It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too much. A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run."

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Source : Mary Antin (1912). “The Promised Land”, Houghton Mifflin company

Mary Antin

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