“I'd never really found a place in the outside world, but had stayed away too long to fit in at home.”
“I had found my place in the world, the place I fit, the place I shined.”
“I wanted to mend the entire world all at once, but in such longings found that I'd already caused too much harm.”
“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.”
“Most people felt lost after high school. Sometimes I felt like I'd never really been found in the first place.”
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.”