Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.
Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna.
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
A good critic is the sorcerer that makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.
Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.
Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.
Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.
We do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. If the Eternal is the Eternal, the last word for each one of us belongs to Him. This is what I should have told this Jewish child. But I could only embrace him weeping.
I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I no longer feel as though I were taking down dictation, I stop.
I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.
There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories