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"...somehow we know by instinct that outsize buildings cast the shadow of their own destruction before them, and are designed from the first with an eye to their later existence as ruins."
Austerlitz W.G. Sebald
"every image of the past that is not recognized by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably"
Walter Benjamin
"One view of catastrophe. This had happened. Who would have expected such a thing. Never, never. No one. It is the worst. And if the worst, then unique. Which means unrepeatable. Let's put it behind us....The other view. Unique for now: what happens once can happen again. You'll see. Just wait. To be sure, you may have to wait a long time. We come back. We come back."
The Volcano Lover
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