| 1 | During those months the city is deserted. But the poor remain, and the sky. | |
| 2 | Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago. | |
| 3 | And, if I had been one of those lucky enough to be born, I doubt that I would today be celebrating my 70th birthday, in good health and, as I like to think, not yet senile. | |
| 4 | Two decades later, she's still going strong. | |
| 5 | A peace accord was signed, but little changed. |
