“Death was just as close, but not behind him; it was everywhere. It was inescapable; he felt death’s physical presence – as if death itself were something alive. Like in the old pictures, a creature that can hide behind a bed of asters or behind a baby carriage and can come out and touch you.”

“Death was just as close, but not behind him; it was everywhere. It was inescapable; he felt death’s physical presence – as if death itself were something alive. Like in the old pictures, a creature that can hide behind a bed of asters or behind a baby carriage and can come out and touch you.”

— Anna Seghers