Bill Bryson Quote

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away (ed. Broadway Books, 2008) - ISBN: 9780767931182

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time,...

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time,...

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time,...

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time,...