“You try to pack your knapsack and say goodbye to your wife at the door, as you have done for 15 years. And then you see her burst into tear. Not because she misses me when I’m gone, but because she worries about me and maybe about what’s going on at home. This is a situation that is very difficult to bear, to be honest.”
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