When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.... They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same.... Look at them leaving in droves, despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong NoViolet Bulawayo
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  1. Generally the men always tried to appear strong; they walked tall, heads upright, arms steady at the sides, and feet firmly planted like trees. Solid, Jericho walls of men. But when they went out in the bush to relieve themselves and nobody was looking, the...
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  3. Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.
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