For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.
Thomas MannSolitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden.
Thomas MannStupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.
Thomas Mann(T)here was a story they used to tell at home about a girl whose punishment was that every time she opened her mouth, snakes and toads came out, snakes and toads with every word. The book didn't say what she did about it, but I've always assumed she probably ended up keeping her mouth shut.
Thomas Mann