We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad.

Erich Maria Remarque
We know only that in some strange and melancholy way...
We know only that in some strange and melancholy way...
We know only that in some strange and melancholy way...
We know only that in some strange and melancholy way...
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We have no idea why we have become a waste land. It is as if our entire existence has been a mistake. All the same, we are not often sad. But sometimes, when we sit in silence and think back to the days of our youth, remembering the times when there were no worries and there was no need for any, then we can feel that we have become a waste land.

Source: All Quiet On The Western Front

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