"Aus dem hoffnungslos Vergänglichen das Ewige zu ergreifen ist der große Zaubertrick der menschlichen Existenz."
— Tennessee Williams

January 1, 1970

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(Original englisch: "Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence." - The Timeless World of Play, an introductory essay to The Rose Tattoo (1951))