On spies.

Per i russi sei un disertore, e sei anche sospetto di essere una spia. Magari lo sei. La faccia non ce l'hai, ma se tutte le spie avessero la faccia da spia non potrebbero fare le spie.

Se non ora, quando? Primo Levo

As far as the Russians are concerned you're a deserter, and furthermore, you're suspected as a spy. Perhaps you are. You don't look like a spy, but if all spies looked like spies they wouldn't get any spying done. 

After hearing a word many times within a short space of time, a strange phenomenon occurs wherein the word is completely stripped of its meaning and becomes an unfamiliar jumble of letters or sound. On writing this post, I think I've reached the threshold. I liked this passage though.