'...They all realise that they are winessing a horrible disaster and they all shiver; but were the fire suddenly to stop they would have a feeling of dissatisfaction. Such a contradictory attitude is natural, and man - a selfish creature - should not be reproached with it. Beauty, however sinister, is beauty none the less, and human sentiment cannot refrain from paying tribute to it.'
from Sinister Night, a piece in The Woman in the Case and other stories by Anton Chekhov
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