And what would you do, ... if you could rule the world for a day? I suppose I would have no choice but to abolish reality.
Robert MusilOnly in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both.
Robert MusilA politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.
Robert MusilPhilosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
Robert Musil