Our favorite quotes, from Vienna and other places.
Helmut Qualtinger
Stefan Zweig
* 28. November 1881
Stefan Zweig
* 28. November 1881
Erich Fried
Erich Fried
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Selma Lagerlöf
* November 20, 1858
Selma Lagerlöf
* November 20, 1858
Oscar Wilde
* October 16, 1854
Oscar Wilde
* October 16, 1854
Hannah Arendt,
* 14. Oktober 1906
Hannah Arendt,
* 14. Oktober 1906
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genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-withou...
Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada
W. G. Sebald
W. G. Sebald
Karl Kraus
Karl Kraus
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Werfel
Franz Werfel
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
that reach out across the world.
...
I’ve been circling for thousands of years
and I still don’t know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?
~Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Joanna Macy)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.“
Anne Sexton
I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.“
Anne Sexton
Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler
W. G. Sebald
W. G. Sebald
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens