“It doesn't translate well into English. It means "whereabouts". A place where one feels like home, where they feel like themselves. She wrote out the kanji characters for him in the air - 居場所 - and he recognised their Chinese equivalents. The character for a residence. The characters for a place.”
Quote by R.F. Kuang
Book:Babel
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