A Quote from There Are Rivers in the Sky

This quote from There Are Rivers in the Sky, the 25th book I finished this year, hits hard when you’re abroad, with a muddled perspective on whether you’ll ever come back:

"The Ancient Mesopotamians are famed for inventing writing, mathematics, astronomy, irrigation, and the wheel, but their biggest discovery has gone unrecognized. They are the first to experience the pain of losing a motherland."