There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the deep and pervasive influence of the concept of the Infinite in literature and writing.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel's quote suggests that the theme of the Infinite pervades literature to such an extent that it becomes a fundamental element in the works of many writers, and even the most simplistic characters, like dogs, are depicted as having a grasp of this profound idea. This points to the intertwining of the mundane with the infinite, illustrating how literary creations often reflect complex philosophical concepts.
In practice
In a discussion about the role of concepts in literature during a literature class.
Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.
A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.
If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.
The two things you can't fake are good food and good music
Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.
I love watching faces as they grow up. It's the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women. I like a face that hasn't been tampered with.
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world.
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