March 18...[1945] Brief morning reflection arisen from…
![“March 18...[1945] Brief morning reflection arisen from great love. In fact, the main point after all is that for forty years we have so much loved one another and do love one another; in fact, I am not at all sure at all that all this is going to come to an end. For certain, nothingness--en tant…” quote by Victor Klemperer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f14/victor-klemperer-22570_angel-wings_march-18-1945-brief-morning-reflection-a_272071.jpg)
““March 18...[1945] Brief morning reflection arisen from great love. In fact, the main point after all is that for forty years we have so much loved one another and do love one another; in fact, I am not at all sure at all that all this is going to come to an end. For certain, nothingness--en tant que individual consciousness, and there is the true nothingness--is altogether probable, and anything else highly improbable. But have we not continually experienced, since 1914 and even more since 1933 and with ever greater frequency in recent weeks, the most utterly improbable, the most monstrously fantastic things? Has not what was formerly completely unimaginable to us become commonplace and a matter of course? If I have lived through the persecutions in Dresden, if I have lived through February 13 and these weeks as a refugee--why should I not just as well live (or rather: die) to find the two of us somewhere, Eva and I, with angel wings or in some other droll form? It's not only the word "impossible" that has gone out of circulation, "unimaginable" also has no validity anymore.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
The author reflects on enduring love amid war, noting that once unimaginable horrors have become ordinary, and questioning the permanence of existence and mortality.
In simple terms: Love persists despite war; the impossible becomes normal.
Key Takeaway
Cherish love and confront mortality.
Themes
war
love
existence
humanity
resilience
Mood
reflective
hopeful
somber
Type
personal
historical
philosophical
When to use this quote
- refugee experience
- war trauma
- post‑war reconstruction
- personal reflection
Key Concepts
philosophy
psychology
history
Questions to Reflect On
- How does extreme adversity reshape our sense of possibility?
- What role does love play in surviving catastrophe?
A Different Perspective
The perspective may be limited by personal bias and the chaotic context of war.