Magic Mountain Thomas Mann Quotes & Sayings

My ex-wife was a philosophy major at NYU. Yeah, she and I used to have deep philosophical discussions where she would prove that I didn't exist. — Woody Allen

To Balkanize has come to be used in a derogatory sense meaning to violently fragment, disrupt or disorganize.. — Antonia Young

There are billions of people in the world, and each one of them has their own view of reality. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

So the wolfling is leaving his den to play among the lions, he said in a voice of quiet satisfaction. — George R R Martin

People who refuse to take risks live with a feeling of dread that is far more severe than what they would feel if they took the risks necessary to make them less helpless - only they don't know it! — Susan Jeffers

Passion-means to live for life's sake but I am well aware you Germans live for the sake of experience. Passion means to forget ones self. But you do things in order to enrich yourselves. — Thomas Mann

I put you through hell and then I only made it worse, all the mistakes I made trying to get you back.'
'I've forgiven you.'
'Forgive, yes. Understand, yes. Forget, no. — Kelley Armstrong

Not to worry, Phillip," Father O'Toole said. "I was just inquiring as to what authority they - " He stopped abruptly, jumping forward as the wall phone came unhinged behind him, dangling by a corner screw.
"Huh," Gil pondered. "Look at that."
"What happened?" Father O'Toole asked.
"The phone fell," Gil answered.
"Well, naturally! I'm not blind, young man. I'm asking how the phone fell!"
"I blame gravity," Gil offered. (Excerpt from Whisper of Light) — Jennifer DeLucy

I know London very well. — Clemence Poesy