While there's a certain rootlessness and solitude to nomadism, I suppose that I am, as my father asserts, fundamentally a Bedouin. From Wordnik.com. [Diana Abu-Jaber biography] Reference
Charles Taylor contemplates "rootlessness," his fellow Salon. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
A feeling of "rootlessness" took over among the tribe members, and so did diabetes. From Wordnik.com. [Arbiter Online] Reference
Their common characteristic is their rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Knut Hamsun: From Hunger to Harvest] Reference
But rootlessness is, ironically, a constant in Case's life. From Wordnik.com. [Neko Case: The Fierce, Fleeting Nature Of Love] Reference
It has heightened my sense of dislocation and rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Lily Tuck talks about her book, The News From Paraguay] Reference
The advantages of rootlessness are similar to those of poverty. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's Guide to Startups] Reference
On the other hand, having a sense of rootlessness is a real gift. From Wordnik.com. [Will my writing find me a home?] Reference
Burke's Corner: Beyond rootlessness and confrontation skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond rootlessness and confrontation] Reference
Those shelves are silent testimony to my rootlessness here in Brooklyn. From Wordnik.com. [Dustless black pepper.] Reference
More often than not, it masks inconsistency, rootlessness and raw ambition. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Jenkins: Specter: Loyal Opportunists] Reference
I grew up the daughter of parents whod experienced a lot of rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [In an exclusive interview with BookBrowse reviewer Karen Rigby, Randa Jarrar discusses how her personal experiences and insights into Muslim culture are reflected in her writing, and her plans for future books] Reference
After a childhood of traveling and rootlessness, I have finally found a home. From Wordnik.com. [Marsha Mehran biography] Reference
Ripping out has its own negative effects: rootlessness, discomfort, depression. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Authors' tributes: 'His great theme was the moral rootlessness of American life'. From Wordnik.com. [Books in 2011 – from the new Alan Hollinghurst to David Foster Wallace's unfinished The Pale King] Reference
It can only add a sense of rootlessness, as writers and books traverse the globe. From Wordnik.com. [Border Crossings] Reference
Notes in Samsara: Sohia Antipolis, R.F., rootlessness, and what we miss skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [Sohia Antipolis, R.F., rootlessness, and what we miss] Reference
Cyberspace permits rootlessness, but the humans that inhabit cyberspace crave roots. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Where Are You?] Reference
About the rootlessness that went with being raised by a single parent, an army nurse. From Wordnik.com. [Mercy Falls] Reference
And as Africa's experience makes clear, rootlessness is itself a risk factor for AIDS. From Wordnik.com. [From Freedom To Fear: When Aids Hits China] Reference
The real cure for rootlessness is for people to do what they did in successful older cities. From Wordnik.com. [Grotesque Urban Planning Creates the Politics of Red State Rootlessness] Reference
But it also led to a certain sense of rootlessness that only ended when the Raufs went to the US. From Wordnik.com. [Feisal Rauf: Ground Zero's lightning rod] Reference
As a young founder your strengths are: stamina, poverty, rootlessness, colleagues, and ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's Guide to Startups] Reference
Up in the Air may define the decade, too, a film about rootlessness and the coldness of the market. From Wordnik.com. [Michael J.W. Stickings: Best Films of the '00s (Zeros/Aughts)] Reference
In fact a semi-religious Heideggerian idiom of angst, loneliness and rootlessness informs her work. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
In truth, the rewards of absolute rootlessness are fleeting, and over time the strain begins to show. From Wordnik.com. [The Origins of The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer] Reference
Congress can address this rootlessness by changing the Washington conversation from programs to principles. From Wordnik.com. [Congress Can Save US] Reference
There was a time when this description of a Tourist, the rootlessness and the danger, would have excited me. From Wordnik.com. [The Origins of The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer] Reference
The sea and the boat are shown as the symbolic domains of those who are condemned to wandering and rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Austria: Jewish Women Artists.] Reference
And possibly its enduring appeal may rest on its physical solidity and permanence, the very reverse of rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Was rootlessness behind Obama's drive, disability behind FDR's, lack of social standing behind Nixon's and Lincoln's?. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Sferrazza Anthony: Playing Presidents: Good History vs. Good Drama and The Actor JFK (and Jackie) Wanted To Play Him] Reference
He's in his element amid the anonymity of business class, enjoying the perks of his position, reveling in rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Timely 'Up in the Air' rises to challenge with humor, heart] Reference
Eisenheim, while possibly disruptive in his Jewishness and rootlessness, is nowhere near as important as the effect of his art. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Professor:] Reference
It told of a man at a bar who boasted of his rootlessness, derisively dismissing the jingoistic patrons to his left and to his right. From Wordnik.com. [How Is It Possible to Believe In God?] Reference
Never Let Me Go explores the depths of rootlessness and aloneness with such palpable subtlety that only Kazuo Ishiguro could command. From Wordnik.com. [Books of Last Year 4] Reference
It is normal for movements to go that route, but if you want staying power, you need to be more than a symptom of modern rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Having A Riot] Reference
It was, she realized, something she could sympathize with: that rootlessness, the understanding that you were never going to feel at home. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Minutes]
The theme of rootlessness pervades the stories, set in hotels and at sea. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
For all his attention to poetic roots, Hayes's work exhibits a refreshing rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [PoetryFoundation.org] Reference
Now, from my own personal experience, I know the disconnection that comes from rootlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Institute] Reference
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