“Here I am, where I ought to be.”
Source: Out of Africa
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“Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.”
Rome n'est plus dans Rome, elle est toute où je suis.
Sertorius, act III, scene i.
Sertorius (1662)
“I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be.”
Daniel Defoe book Moll Flanders
Source: Moll Flanders
“You are reading a bold and universal headline which says ,'I am here, I am here, I am here.'"”
Kurt Vonnegut book Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Context: It was Trout’s fantasy that somebody would be outraged by the footprints. This would give him the opportunity to reply grandly, "What is it that offends you so? I am simply using man’s first printing press. You are reading a bold and universal headline which says,'I am here, I am here, I am here.'"
“but I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely.”
Augusten Burroughs (1965) American writer
Source: Magical Thinking: True Stories
Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
Lynn Shelton (1965–2020) American film director, screenwriter, film editor, actress and film producer (1965-2020)
Cinema76 - Interview with Sword of Trust Director Lynn Shelton - 16 July 2019 https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/7/16/interview-with-sword-of-trust-director-lynn-shelton - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210727191014/https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/7/16/interview-with-sword-of-trust-director-lynn-shelton
