Leaving Quote by Dinaw Mengestu

“We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish.” quote by Dinaw Mengestu — Download Open image

“We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish.”

Dinaw Mengestu

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