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“The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh . The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk . Leave it to the Germans to pull out, like some endless elastic belt of horrible sweetness, all that molasses woe.” quote by Cynthia Ozick — Download Open image

““The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh . The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk . Leave it to the Germans to pull out, like some endless elastic belt of horrible sweetness, all that molasses woe.””

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