One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment.
That's how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing, pliable, sent… - Alfred Doblin
That's how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing, pliable, sent…
- Alfred Doblin
Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for wha… - Alfred Doblin
Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for wha…
But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it. - Alfred Doblin
But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.
I read like the flame reads the wood. - Alfred Doblin
I read like the flame reads the wood.
I used to think great teachers inspire you. Now I think I had it wrong. Good teachers inspire you; great teachers show you how to inspire yourself ev… - Alfred Doblin
I used to think great teachers inspire you. Now I think I had it wrong. Good teachers inspire you; great teachers show you how to inspire yourself ev…
And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not … - Alfred Doblin
And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not …
The world is made of sugar and dirt. - Alfred Doblin
The world is made of sugar and dirt.
Cultivate your Futurism. I'll cultivate my Döblinism. - Alfred Doblin
Cultivate your Futurism. I'll cultivate my Döblinism.
No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the… - Alfred Doblin
No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the…
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