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We can’t go home. Even if we could, our home may no longer exist.
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The speaker says that returning is impossible, not only because they cannot travel back, but because the place they once called home may have been destroyed or changed beyond recognition. “Home” therefore means more than a location: it is a familiar life and belonging that may no longer be available.
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