A Quote by Joan Didion

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 own image.

Joan Didion

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Belongs Claims Forever Hardest His Image Itself Loves Most Own Place Radically Remakes Remembers Shapes Whoever Wrenches

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Joan Didion
American - Author
Born: December 5, 1934

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