Maria’s Reviews > The Magic Mountain > Status Update

"Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life, the touchingly lustful embrace if what is destined to decay."

"Opinions cannot live unless they have the chance to do battle..."

"It is remarkable, how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in an allegory the basic themes and problems of his life."

"But bear in mind, the mountain's mad with spells tonight, And should a will-ó-wisp decide your way to light, Beware- its lead may prove deceptive."

"But there is one force, one principle that is the object of my highest affirmation, my highest and ultimate respect and love, and that principle, is the mind."

"...and when a man is in love his aesthetic opinions are no more valid than his moral judgements."

"Travelers prove their lack ofeducation if they make fun of the customs and values of their hosts, and the qualities that do a person honor are many and varied."

This book has definitely slowed down my usual reading pace, but there's something about the magic of this mountain that has me completely hypnotized....

"...What fun it is to be annoyed at people and yet have no choice but to love them."