We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of… — W.G. Sebald · Skopia

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We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.

Austerlitz · 2001

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Sebald, Winfried Georg. Austerlitz. C. Hanser, 2001.

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