He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to … - Khaled Hosseini

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The real dance is within; it is within your mind. Everything is inside your mind. God is inside your mind.

Khaled Hosseini

He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity.

Doors, Ended, Home, Keys, Said, Wayward

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