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“Neke reči nikada dobro ne naučimo, pomislio sam, i ma koliko nas dobronamerno upozoravali, nikada ne razumemo njihovo pravo značenje. Nikada, na primer, nisam bio siguran da stvarno razumem daljinu. Ranije sam mislio da je „daljina" samo druga reč za „putovanje", posle sam shvatio da se putuje iznutra, u sebi, i da spoljašnji prostor nema nikakve veze s tim. Jedno vreme nisam verovao u daljinu, kao što neki ljudi ne veruju u boga; ništa me nije moglo ubediti. Potom sam „daljinu" počeo da zamišljam kao „bekstvo", a pošto sam o „bekstvu" uvek mislio kao o „utočištu", „daljina" se pretvorila u neku vrstu „utočišta", koje sam, s druge strane, uvek zamenjivao rečju „gost", ali ne u smislu „radost u kući", nego u smislu „tuđinac" ili, još bolje, „čovek pod nepoznatim krovom". To me je zbunjivalo, ta povezanost krova sa daljinom, krova koji bi trebalo pre svega da označava blizinu, zaštitu, prisnost, san. Možda postoji krov koji otkriva, pomislio sam, možda se njihova svrha ne iscrpljuje uvek u pokrivanju i bdenju? Nisam znao da li na to može da se odgovori, kao što nisam znao kako sam „daljinu" počeo da povezujem sa „samoćom" a „samoću" sa dolaskom u ovo mesto.”

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