"Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It cling to the mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on the rock. I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling, but I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death."
Bir emniyet hissi, şimdiki an ile karşı konulmaz, feci gelecek arasında ateşkes ilan edildiği zannı, bir tür sakin unutkanlık verdi bana ki, insan zihni yapısı gereği bu unutkanlığa kolayca kapılıverir.