Yes, it was too late, and Sabina knew she would leave Paris,... - Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Yes, it was too late, and Sabina knew she would leave Paris, move on, and on again, because were she to die here they would cover her up with a stone, and in the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable."

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