“I went to work the next day out of curiosity, as people return to their villages after the war to see what is left.”

“The day my dad left my mom and I was the second saddest day of my life. The saddest day was the next day, when he returned home.
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“That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always very busy thinking of what things they can do next. That is not what people want. People want to be left alone to look after their cattle.”

“After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain.”

“Next day, after lunch, I went to see "our" doctor, a friendly fellow whose perfect bedside manner and complete reliance on a few patented drugs adequately masked his ignorance of, and indifference to, medical science.”

“Then he went out without touching anything and put his arm around Ingeborg, and like that, with their arms around each other, they returned to the village while the whole past of the universe fell on their heads.”