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> [“Are we running away from home?” I asked, giving voice to the question that had been on my mind for two days, ever since the lady at the Wok On restaurant asked where we were from and my mother lied.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-jaffe/are-we-running-away-from-home-i-asked-giving-voice-to-the-question/)

[Michele Jaffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-jaffe/)

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