Toni

“Ich verlange in allem Leben, Möglichkeit des Daseins, und dann ist's gut; wir haben dann nicht zu fragen, ob es schön, ob es hässlich ist, das Gefühl, dass Was geschaffen sei, Leben habe, stehe über diesen Beiden, und sei das einzige Kriterium in Kunstsachen.”
― Georg Büchner, Lenz

“ET DIABOLUS INCARNATE EST. ET HOMO FACTUS EST. ”
― Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan: Arthur Machen's Best Classic Horror Thrillers - Arthur Machen's Mysterious Narrative: Unveiling The Great God Pan

“Der Mensch soll um der Güte und der Liebe willen
dem Tode keine Herrschaft einräumen
über seine Gedanken.”
― Thomas Mann

“As they carried along and met more people Furlong did and did not know, he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These