Quotes of Expatriate - somelinesforyou

“ They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the louring trees, with a blizzard coming on. ”

- Angela Carter

“ It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates; for it is not what they do that matters, but what they are not doing. ”

- Cyril Connolly

“ The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate's career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter. ”

- Paul Theroux

“ We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability. ”

- Lynn White

“ We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are a tragic contingent. ”

- Isabel Allende
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