We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

“The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.”

“Eliza—” I said, “so many of the books I’ve read to you said love was the most i…”

“This woman was so ugly and stupid, she probably never should have been born. An…”

“Drawn crudely in the dust of three window-panes were a swastika, a hammer and s…”