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There are moments in one’s life that resemble a switch in a railroad yard. Lift one lever and the train is sent off in the direction of Paris, pull another one and it travels to Amsterdam.
Mother to Miloš: “You must do your best, and make sure that the trains don’t collide.”
Jiří Menzel and Bohumil Hrabal: Closely Watched Trains
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Klein, J. (1989). Mickey, Hugo, and Eve: A Study in the Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex. In: Ivanyi, P. (eds) Realm of Tolerance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74712-0_9
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