Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023)’s Reviews > War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 > Status Update

"It is odd how used one can become to uncertainty for the future, to a complete planlessness, even in one's most private mind. What we shall do and be, and whether we shall, in a few months' time, have any home or possessions, or indeed our lives, is so clearly dependant on events so outside our control as to be almost restful."