When I made my theoretical model, I could not have guessed that people would try to realise it with Molotov cocktails.
Theodor AdornoThe man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.
Theodor AdornoWork while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
Theodor AdornoThus is order ensured: some have to play the game because they cannot otherwise live, and those who could live otherwise are kept out because they do not want to play the game. It is as if the class from which independent intellectuals have defected takes its revenge, by pressing its demands home in the very domain where the deserter seeks refuge.
Theodor Adorno