…the longer I think about it the more it seems to me that we who are still alive are unreal in the eyes of the dead, that only occasionally, in certain lights and atmospheric conditions, do we appear in their field of vision.

W.G. Sebald
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People who are still alive are often seen as "unreal" to people who have passed away. Their flesh is cold, their hair no longer grows, and the words they spoke so long ago are now forgotten. However, there is one person in this world who sees us in all of our glory. The Lord, Jesus Christ. He carries our sins on His shoulders and makes us look real to people who have passed away because He became real for them.

Source: Austerlitz

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