Thomas Hübner

“Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.”
― Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

“So you, too, like fruitcake? (RW on meeting Lenin in Zurich during World War I.)”
― Robert Walser

“Glücklich war ich auch nur, wenn ich nicht verliebt war.”
― Wolfgang Herrndorf, Arbeit und Struktur