Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
— Thomas Mann
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.
