Lou Salome Quotes

“Marry me, Lou,” Nietzsche bent down on one knee, his knees creaked. He peered over top of his glasses with a gaze of pitiful defeat. He had met his match with Lou. She was brilliant, shrewd, and brave. Taking risks that other women dare not.

“Get up, Friedrich,” she responded, “You know that I won’t marry you or anyone else.”
― Dylan Callens, Operation Cosmic Teapot

“¿Sabe lo que es saber que, cuando muera, pueden pasar días o semanas sin que se descubra mi cuerpo, antes de que el olor fétido atraiga a algún extraño? Intento consolarme. A veces, cuando me siento más solo, hablo conmigo mismo.No demasiado alto, porque temo mi propio eco vacío.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept