A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of… — Laila Lalami
A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too. (p5)
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