“Had I realized at the time that for Austerlitz certain moments had no beginning or end, while on the other hand his… — W.G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“In my photographic work I was always especially entranced, said Austerlitz, by the moment when the shadows of reality, so to speak,… — W.G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“I believe, said Austerlitz, they know they have lost their way, since if you do not put them out again carefully they… — W.G. Sebald Copy Share Image
The Parisian is to the French what the Athenian was to the Greeks: no one sleeps better than he, no one is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It does not seem to me, Austerlitz added, that we understand the laws governing the return of the past, but I feel… — W.G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“Just as in a clock, the result of the complicated motion of innumerable wheels and pulleys is merely a slow and regular… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“In a clock the complex action of countless different wheels works its way out in the even, leisurely movement of hands measuring… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“we also see two things that are very salient for Napoleon – 1. Whenever he saw an opportunity, he immediately felt… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image