It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
E. T. A. HoffmannHuman beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.
E. T. A. HoffmannI may be permitted, kind reader, to doubt whether you have ever been enclosed in a glass bottle, unless some vivid dream has teased you with such magical mishaps.
E. T. A. Hoffmann