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"Ich will kundtun, das entgegen meines Willens nochmal lesen zu müssen." — Feb 21, 2026 03:45AM
"Ich will kundtun, das entgegen meines Willens nochmal lesen zu müssen." — Feb 21, 2026 03:45AM
“Der Mensch soll um der Güte und der Liebe willen
dem Tode keine Herrschaft einräumen
über seine Gedanken.”
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dem Tode keine Herrschaft einräumen
über seine Gedanken.”
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“Er war allein, allein! Da rauschte die Quelle, Ströme brachen aus seinen Augen, er krümmte sich in sich, es zuckten seine Glieder, es war ihm als müsse er sich auflösen, er konnte kein Ende finden der Wollust; endlich dämmerte es in ihm, er empfand ein leises tiefes Mitleid in sich selbst, er weinte über sich, sein Haupt sank auf die Brust, er schlief ein, der Vollmond stand am Himmel, die Locken fielen ihm über die Schläfe und das Gesicht, die Tränen hingen ihm an den Wimpern und trockneten auf den Wangen, so lag er nun da allein, und alles war ruhig und still und kalt, und der Mond schien die ganze Nacht und stand über den Bergen.”
― Lenz
― Lenz
“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?”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more expansive, generous people…”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“That is why I think the first, most basic step in these matters is to start with the moments of real feeling in your life, when your heart is truly moved, and to think about the meaning of those. The things that you feel most deeply, from the very bottom of your heart, will never deceive you in the slightest. And so at all times, in all things, whatever feelings you may have, consider these carefully.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
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