Hans Castorp loved music from his heart; it worked upon him much the same way as did his breakfast porter, with deeply soothing, n...arcotic effect, tempting him to doze.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we anyt...hing to eat?" will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and h...unching, all those rituals: pathological!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is no independence of law against National Socialism. Say to yourselves at every decision which you make: "How would the Fü...hrer decide in my place?" In every decision ask yourselves: "Is this decision compatible with the National Socialist conscience of the German people?" Then you will have a firm iron foundation which, allied with the unity of the National Socialist People's State and with your recognition of the eternal nature of the will of Adolf Hitler, will endow your own sphere of decision with the authority of the Third Reich, and this for all time.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »