“It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution.”

Meaning

The quote contrasts being away from home with being at home, treating both as deeply damaging in different ways. It suggests that neither situation feels truly safe or healthy, and that home is experienced as a slow fading rather than comfort.

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Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

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