Emmigrants Quotes

“More beautiful than marrying the
man you love, Rozalka, is the joy of
loving the man you married.”
― Sarah Brazytis, The Reluctant Bride

“You must understand, whenever something terrible happens to a country- or an island a chasm opens between those who go away and those who stay. I'm not saying it's easy for the people who left, I'm sure they have their own hardships, but they have no idea what it was like for the ones who stayed."

"The ones who stayed dealt with the wounds and then the scars, and that must be extremely painful, said Kostas. "But for us... runaways, you might call us... we never have a chance to heal, the wounds always remain open.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees