W. Somerset Maugham - In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, ...

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Auf dem Land ist die Dunkelheit der Nacht freundlich und vertraut, aber in einer Stadt mit ihren Lichtern ist es unnatürlich, feindselig und bedrohlich. Es ist wie ein ungeheurer Geier, der schwebt und seine Zeit abwartet.

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