Dia telah tinggal di kota sepanjang hidupnya dan tahu dengan baik. Tetapi sekarang, sekembalinya dia, hampir tidak ada jalan yang dia kenal dan bukan bangunan yang tidak rusak di mana pun. Asli: He had lived in the city all his life and knew it well. But now, on his return, there was hardly a street he recognised and not an undamaged building anywhere.

— Ian Serrailier