No. Even now I can't altogether believe that any of this really happened... - Christopher Isherwood

Feeling guilty's no reason for staying, or going.

The talk of pale, burning-eyed students, anarchists and utopians all, over tea and cigarettes in a locked room long past midnight, is next morning translated, with the literalness of utter innocence, into the throwing of the bomb, the shouting of the proud slogan, the dragging away of the young dreamer-doer, still smiling, to the dungeon and the firing squad.

Öyle konular vardır ki yaşamda, sana soruluncaya kadar kendin bile bunları bildiğini bilmezsin.