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Eric Maas
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"7. Deaths in the family.
Both Stoner and Edith leave (separately) for the funeral. During Edith’s prolonged leave, both go through some changes and it appears more trouble will come from her." — Mar 14, 2026 07:13AM
"7. Deaths in the family.
Both Stoner and Edith leave (separately) for the funeral. During Edith’s prolonged leave, both go through some changes and it appears more trouble will come from her." — Mar 14, 2026 07:13AM
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"1. Vorrede
1.1 Zeitdienst
Und mein Schriftstellertum also wäre es, was mich den 'Fortschritt' Deutschlands aan meinen Teile – noch fördern ließe, indem icj ihn konservativ bekämpfe?
Anders als die Romane geht mir das hier oft noch zu weit. Ich hoffe, dass Manns Sprache etwas verständlicher wird. Es gibt kein Leser, die 600+ Seiten durchhalten, ohne dabei Momente echten Lesegenusses zu erleben. Oder?" — Mar 13, 2026 05:22PM
"1. Vorrede
1.1 Zeitdienst
Und mein Schriftstellertum also wäre es, was mich den 'Fortschritt' Deutschlands aan meinen Teile – noch fördern ließe, indem icj ihn konservativ bekämpfe?
Anders als die Romane geht mir das hier oft noch zu weit. Ich hoffe, dass Manns Sprache etwas verständlicher wird. Es gibt kein Leser, die 600+ Seiten durchhalten, ohne dabei Momente echten Lesegenusses zu erleben. Oder?" — Mar 13, 2026 05:22PM
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"2. Is criticism painless?
Funny Wittgensteinian dismissal of TS Eliot’s claim that only the best poets are the only judge of jury to comment his views on Paradise Lost. All in good humour…" — Dec 23, 2025 07:26PM
"2. Is criticism painless?
Funny Wittgensteinian dismissal of TS Eliot’s claim that only the best poets are the only judge of jury to comment his views on Paradise Lost. All in good humour…" — Dec 23, 2025 07:26PM
“Don't take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.”
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“There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. To the best of my belief, our case was in the last respect a rather common one.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer. Terror is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the secret cause.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
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“Was heisst denn auch "unerträglich", wenn's doch ertragen werden muss und gar nichts anderes übrigbleibt, als es zu tragen, solange der Mensch bei Sinnen ist?”
― Young Joseph
― Young Joseph
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