Joseph Roth Quote

That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But everything that had once existed left its traces, and people lived on memories just as they now live on the ability to forget quickly and emphatically.


The Radetzky March (ed. The Overlook Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9781590208441


That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But...

That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But...

That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But...

That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But...