Death Quote by Emma Donoghue

“The wealthy and satisfied do not migrate, they stagnate.”

— Louis L'Amour

“So I've become an exile without ever leaving my country.”

— Amin Maalouf

“I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I chose myself,…

— Alison Singh Gee

“I journeyed to a place where it's always raining cupcakes. I didn't need a passport, but I met a lot of interesting people and…

— Lisa Schroeder

“Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has…

— Jane Austen

“impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help.”

— Markus Zusak

“Diplomats and politicians, blowing with the wind. No substance, no beliefs, no real friendships.”

— Andrew Crofts

“But over the years I came to realize that living in a detached way is, in fact, a withdrawal from life, an estrangement not…

— David Brooks

“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…

— Kapka Kassabova

“I think it’s a very brave thing to do. To start a new life in a new country.”

— Liane Moriarty

“But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”

— James Joyce