Hayatımın anlarının, hatırlanan bir hayatın anları gibi birbirini izlemesini istemiştim. Zamanı kuyruğundan yakalamaya kalkışmanın böyle bir önemi olabilirdi.

I consented to die in his place; his life had no more value than mine; no life had value. They were going to slap a man up against a wall and shoot at him till he died, whether it was I or Gris or somebody else made no difference. I knew he was more useful than I to the cause of Spain but I thought to hell with Spain and anarchy; nothing was important.

they dam up the future. As long as you stay between these walls, whatever happens must happen to the right or the left of the stove...Thus these objects serve at least to fix the limits of probability.