All W. G. Sebald Quotes
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.
W. G. Sebald
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People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
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