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Well, in time we'll all get back to our own stuff again. The war will get swallowed up, and seem like it never happened.
— The Enemy Below ‧ 1957
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker imagines ordinary concerns eventually taking over again, making the war feel distant or almost unreal. Being 'swallowed up' gives that return to everyday life a force of its own. The reassurance rests on a prediction about how experience may recede with time.
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