“It may be that the satisfaction I need
depends on my going away, so that when I've gone
and come back, I'll find it at home.”

— Rumi

"In Baghdad, Dreaming of Cairo: In Cairo, Dreaming of Baghdad." Ch. 20 : In Baghdad, Dreaming of Cairo: More Teaching Stories, p. 206
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)

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Iranian poet 1207–1273

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