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"Kleist
He carries the burdens of his fate with him into his writings, and the incurable wound in the breast of every one of his heroes is at the same time the gulf that severs in twain a universe divided against itself. […] It was this recognition of the universe as an insoluble enigma that gave Kleist his faculty as a tragic dramatist…" — Jul 28, 2025 04:16PM
"Kleist
He carries the burdens of his fate with him into his writings, and the incurable wound in the breast of every one of his heroes is at the same time the gulf that severs in twain a universe divided against itself. […] It was this recognition of the universe as an insoluble enigma that gave Kleist his faculty as a tragic dramatist…" — Jul 28, 2025 04:16PM
“It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.”
― Oracle Night
― Oracle Night
“Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will
my soul do thy lord?
Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom.
Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts us thus?
Mephistopheles: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.
(It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery.)”
― Dr. Faustus
my soul do thy lord?
Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom.
Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts us thus?
Mephistopheles: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.
(It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery.)”
― Dr. Faustus
“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.”
― The World of Yesterday
― The World of Yesterday
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