It became a kind of hole in time, leaving the postwar world permanently disconnected from everything that had come before. ”
إِنَّهَا أَشْبَهُ بِفَجْوَةٍ فِي ٱلزَّمَنِ ،‏ نُقْطَةٍ فَقَدَ بَعْدَهَا ٱلْعَالَمُ نِهَائِيًّا كُلَّ صِلَةٍ بِمَا سَبَقَ » .‏