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“In your eyes,” he murmured, “I see the memories I have yet to make.”
Beautiful thought!
“He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. ”
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“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”
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“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.”
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“People who understand everything get no stories.”
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“The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.”
― Selected Poems: The Influential 20th Century German Poet's Accessible Bilingual Collection for Modern Readers
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.”
― Selected Poems: The Influential 20th Century German Poet's Accessible Bilingual Collection for Modern Readers
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