Da blieb nur eins: sich in sich selbst zurückziehen und schweigen, solange die andern fieberten und tobten.
Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)
Da blieb nur eins: sich in sich selbst zurückziehen und schweigen, solange die andern fieberten und tobten.
Stefan Zweig: Die Welt von Gestern (1944)
Maybe we will all read more and everyone will become reflective and enlightened.
Jeffrey (underground cinemas)
He had found Gwen by some miracle and lost touch with that old friend for a few years, but now he and solitude were back together, out for a stroll, familiar and comfortable.
Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age
All I'm taking is your time.
That something, which is not,
Nevertheless should populate
Empty night more solidly
Than that with which we copulate,
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World