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Quote by Walter Benjamin
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. – Walter Benjamin

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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

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