“Many of us served in the war, many died. We have written for Germany, we have died for Germany. We have spilled our blood for Germany in two ways: the blood that runs in our veins, and the blood with… — Joseph Roth Copy Share Image
“Never yet has such furious movement brought in its train such slowness in the passage of time. Everything is spinning, only time stands still.… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“Above all there's a lack of personal discipline, manners, decorum, natural discretion. If everyone causes their own individual catastrophes, how can there fail to… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“The good man believed that shortsighted people were also deaf and that their spectacles would become clearer if their ears heard more sharply.” — Joseph Roth Copy Share
A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“The world to come will be like this triangular railroad junction, raised to some unknown power. The earth has lived through several evolutionary stages… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“[O]ur relationship with nature has become warped. You see, nature has acquired a purpose where we are concerned. Its task is to amuse us.… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories. — Joseph Roth Copy Share
That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.” — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“A skyscraper is the incarnate rebellion against the supposedly unattainable; against the mystery of altitude, against the otherworldliness of the cerulean.” — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“Of course the merchandise appears to be cheaper. Because where there are so many things close together, they can hardly help not thinking of… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
Although the noise of the chattering clientele is much more significant than the topics of their chatter, it does finally constitute that type of… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“The weeping willows, on the other hand, are evocative of death. They are a little contrived, a little exaggerated, still green in the middle… — Joseph Roth Copy Share
A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about. — Joseph Roth Copy Share
“Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.” — Joseph Roth Copy Share
