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> [“I managed to convince myself that I’d left Bulgaria behind for good. I chose to see emigration and globe-trotting as an escape, not as a loss. Nowhere to call home? No problem, the world is my oyster. Where are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/i-managed-to-convince-myself-that-i-d-left-bulgaria-behind-for-good-i/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/kapka-kassabova-25439_emigration_i-managed-to-convince-myself-that-i-d-le_274743.jpg)

> [“I chose to see emigration and globe-trotting as an escape, not as a loss. Nowhere to call home? No problem, the world is my oyster. Where are you from, they ask. Does it matter, I answer. But it does. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/i-chose-to-see-emigration-and-globe-trotting-as-an-escape-not-as-a/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/kapka-kassabova-25439_emigration_i-chose-to-see-emigration-and-globe-trot_636728.jpg)

## More by Kapka Kassabova

> [“...dancing with someone who is causing you pain is a bit like trying to smile while having a tooth extracted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/dancing-with-someone-who-is-causing-you-pain-is-a-bit-like-trying-to/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“...'Not all dreams get broken. We all need dreams.'...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/not-all-dreams-get-broken-we-all-need-dreams/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“...what exactly is there in human existence that can lure you away from pleasure: peace of mind, a walk by the sea, moderation?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/what-exactly-is-there-in-human-existence-that-can-lure-you-away-from/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“I managed to convince myself that I’d left Bulgaria behind for good. I chose to see emigration and globe-trotting as an escape, not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/i-managed-to-convince-myself-that-i-d-left-bulgaria-behind-for-good-i/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“I left Bulgaria when I was a seventeen-year-old East European, and I am now, by all appearances, a 32-year-old ‘global soul’. But everybody needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/i-left-bulgaria-when-i-was-a-seventeen-year-old-east-european-and-i/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“Something must be done!’ ‘It’s because you don’t live here,’ Blago snorted. ‘You still believe in justice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/something-must-be-done-it-s-because-you-don-t-live-here-blago-snorted/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“I chose to see emigration and globe-trotting as an escape, not as a loss. Nowhere to call home? No problem, the world is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/i-chose-to-see-emigration-and-globe-trotting-as-an-escape-not-as-a/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“History is written by the victors, they say, but it seems to me that history is written above all by those who weren’t there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/history-is-written-by-the-victors-they-say-but-it-seems-to-me-that/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“People die crossing borders, and sometimes just being near them. The lucky ones are reborn on the other side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/people-die-crossing-borders-and-sometimes-just-being-near-them-the/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“It’s precisely when you have lost your roots that everywhere you go matters hugely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/it-s-precisely-when-you-have-lost-your-roots-that-everywhere-you-go/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“It’s funny,’ Rado says, ‘I can only be Bulgarian when I’m in France. Here, I’m semi-French. Everything is funny and bizarre, and I laugh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/it-s-funny-rado-says-i-can-only-be-bulgarian-when-i-m-in-france-here/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“Traveling around the country where you grew up , lost some of your virginity and a few of your illusions, acquired some lasting neuroses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/traveling-around-the-country-where-you-grew-up-lost-some-of-your/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“sealed zinc coffins, like the fallen Russian soldiers in Afghanistan – so that no one would know how they had really died.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/sealed-zinc-coffins-like-the-fallen-russian-soldiers-in-afghanistan/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“...Tango is not just a dance. It's our human condition. To everyone who loves tango, it's what art is to the artist. A way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/tango-is-not-just-a-dance-it-s-our-human-condition-to-everyone-who/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

> [“But get this: you're free. Freedom is the greatest gift to the artist. Don't waste it. Go to Buenos Aires. Eat some steak. Get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kapka-kassabova/but-get-this-you-re-free-freedom-is-the-greatest-gift-to-the-artist/)

[Kapka Kassabova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kapka-kassabova/)

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