berkan berghahn

“Wenn oft der Himmel umwölkt und der Horizont kleiner war, fühlte er eine Art von Bangigkeit, daß die ganze Welt wiederum mit ebenso einer Decke umschlossen sei wie die Stube, worin er wohnte, und wenn er dann mit seinen Gedanken über diese gewölbte Decke hinausging, so kam ihm diese Welt an sich viel zu klein vor, und es deuchte ihm, als müsse sie wiederum in einer andern eingeschlossen sein, und das immer so fort.”
― Karl Philipp Moritz, Anton Reiser

“I should ask, in the first place, whether or not I wish to purchase a solution to a problem that I do not have.”
― Wendell Berry, Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

“If only he had felt the sure sign of the artist, and realized that he who does not forget himself for his art, is not born to be one, it would have spared him much vain effort and much wasted trouble.”
― Karl Phillip Moritz

“I was so scared of being hurt that I'd done nothing. I was so scared of failing, of being hurt, that I choose nothing. I did nothing.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night