--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I'll go to another country, go to another…" description: "\"“I'll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong and my heart ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/c-p-cavafis-193048_life_i-ll-go-to-another-country-go-to-another_1019111.jpg" --- # I'll go to another country, go to another shore, find… ![“I'll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong and my heart -like something dead- lies buried. How long can I let my mind moulder in this place? Wherever I turn, wherever I look, I see the black ruins of my…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/c-p-cavafis-193048_life_i-ll-go-to-another-country-go-to-another_1019111.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/c-p-cavafis-193048_life_i-ll-go-to-another-country-go-to-another_1019111.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/c-p-cavafis-193048_life_i-ll-go-to-another-country-go-to-another_1019111.jpg) > ““I'll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong and my heart -like something dead- lies buried. How long can I let my mind moulder in this place? Wherever I turn, wherever I look, I see the black ruins of my life, here, where I've spent so many years, wasted them, destroyed them totally." You won't find a new country, won't find another shore. This city will always pursue you. You'll walk the same streets, grow old in the same neighbourhoods, turn grey in these same houses. You'll always end up in this city. Don't hope for things elsewhere: there's no ship for you, there's no road. Now that you've wasted your life here, in this small corner, you've destroyed it everywhere in the world.”” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker feels trapped in a place, believing escape is impossible and that their past mistakes doom any future attempts. **In simple terms:** Feeling stuck and hopeless about change. Key Takeaway Accept the present and seek internal growth. Themes despair nostalgia resignation Mood melancholic reflective Type literary philosophical When to use this quote - career stagnation - relationship breakdown - urban isolation - mental health struggles Key Concepts existentialism self‑fulfilling prophecy Questions to Reflect On - What can you change within yourself now? - Is staying in one place always negative? A Different Perspective Hope and effort can alter outcomes despite past failures. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Grow Old](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grow-old/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Wasted life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wasted-life/) ## Related quotes > [You start single someone comes along ruins you life but you sill carry on,, life comes harder when your in love but at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-start-single-someone-comes-along-ruins-you-life-but-you-sill/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The wasted years ... 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