Crystal City Internment

Famous quotes containing the words crystal and/or city:

    “A crystal of breath,
    your irreversible
    witness.”
    —Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)

    “half-way up the hill, I see the Past
    Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,—
    A city in the twilight dim and vast,
    With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights,—
    And hear above me on the autumnal blast
    The cataract of Death far thundering from the heights.”
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