To feel at home, stay at home. A foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It's designed to make its own people comfortable.
¶ (Attributed)
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Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999) American critic, lecturer, editor
When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.
¶ Any Number Can Play (1957)
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