“I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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