He described this stage in his life as marked by an unrepeatable epiphany. Large earthquakes are infrequent and unrepeatable but they can be devastating. It was therefore something irreversible and unrepeatable. Larkin states 'an incredible, unrepeatable piece of music, copied by millions but never remotely challenged'. Marquis' work is thus both unique and unrepeatable. Lyrically, it is an "unfortunate ode to the first unrepeatable love". "Automat" was the result of an unrepeatable sequence of events. She later classified the things Oldman said to her as "very unrepeatable".