I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.
Adelbert von ChamissoA person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
Adelbert von ChamissoWhat use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.
Adelbert von Chamisso