Susan Bernofsky > Quotes

“Extremely talkative, as one often sees with people who live in isolation and then turn loquacious in company and under the influence of alcohol,”
― Susan Bernofsky, Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser

“Therese Breitbach in distant Germany was an ideal correspondent, given how little risk there was they would ever meet. He could enjoy con- structing a charming self-portrait with impunity.”
― Susan Bernofsky, Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser

“Walser later told Carl Seelig: “I am immediately wary of writers who excel at plot and claim practically the whole world for their characters. Everyday things are beautiful and rich enough that we can coax poetic sparks from them.”
― Susan Bernofsky, Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser

“Feeling socially ill at ease was so natural to him that the emotional tumult of desire mixed with an ever-growing real affection must have been discombobulating.”
― Susan Bernofsky, Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser