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These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. you hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! who would want to stay? cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? in a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. just tolerated. like you are an animal finally house-trained.
-Zadie Smith
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These Days, It Feels To Me Like

Zadie Smith
These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. you hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! who would want to stay? cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? in a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. just tolerated. like you are an animal finally house-trained.
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