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... you something, DIomedes. I think it´s crazy for us to fire everything we leave behind; after all, the enemy won´t be able to destroy and burn everything. It´s not as though he can dry out the earth the way the frost dries out fish. On contrary, the more we leave behind and the longer it takes for the enemy to destroy, the more hope we have that at least something of us will remain after we´re gone. That´s why we should not burn and destroy. We should build even now. Indeed, we are builders. we have been given unusual marble to build with: hours, days, and years, with sleep and wine as the mortar. Woe unto him coopper devour the gold in...
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milorad pavic
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