A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image.

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Didion, Joan. "In the Islands." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

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A quote by Joan Didion about rootedness: “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it…”

A quote by Joan Didion about rootedness: “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it…”

A quote by Joan Didion about rootedness: “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it…”