“Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why my culture is as it is and still be very proud of it.”
“Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.”
“It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
“So many things I had thought forgottenReturn to my mind with stranger pain:Like letters that arrive addressed to someoneWho left the house so many years ago.from “Why Did I Dream of You Last Night?,”
“This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.”
“You seem like a strong-minded young woman. You’re very beautiful, too. I would have been proud to call you my daughter.”