“In fact, I love all repose and all that reposes, all thrift and moderation, and am in my inmost self, unfriendly toward any haste and agitation.”
― The Walk and Other Stories
― The Walk and Other Stories
“Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: something’s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I wish to investigate it.”
― Masquerade and Other Stories
― Masquerade and Other Stories
“No espero nada. Esto no es horrible. Después de resolverlo, he ganado tranquilidad. Pero esa mujer me ha dado una esperanza. Debo temer las esperanzas. Tal vez toda esa higiene de no esperar sea un poco ridícula. No esperar de la vida, para no arriesgarla; darse por muerto, para no morir. Ya no estoy muerto: estoy enamorado.”
― La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín
― La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín
“That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles.”
― Jakob von Gunten
― Jakob von Gunten
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