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That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But everything that had once existed left its traces, and people lived on memories just as they now live on the ability to forget quickly and emphatically.

Joseph Roth

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Joseph Roth
Age: 44 †
Born: 1894
Born: September 2
Died: 1939
Died: May 27
Journalist
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Moses Joseph Roth
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Anything
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