# Quote — Gertrude Stein, Paris France

> After all, everybody, that is, everybody who writes is interested in living inside themselves in order to tell what is inside themselves. That is why writers have to have two countries, the one where they belong and the one in which they live really. The second one is romantic, it is separate from themselves, it is not real but it is really there.

- Author: [Gertrude Stein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein.md)
- Book: [Paris France](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france/after-all-everybody

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> After all, human beings are like that. When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone.

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