Rose

“Because what a man like him really needs is a God whom he can blame and whom he can get mad at when things go wrong. This way he's got nobody who can be the target of his anger and hatred and that's why he blames his wife, but she minds - and the one who is called God doesn't mind.”
― Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl

“At home, we had lots of streets too, but they were all familiar with each other. Here, there are so many more streets that they can't possibly all know each other. It's a fabulous city.”
― Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl

“He was not yet the Minotaur. He was just a baby. He was my brother.”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“There's got to be someone for me, who's breathing Berlin. And he will have black hair and a bowtie of white silk”
― Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl