That's how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing, pliable, sentimental, susceptible to brutality, the middle class educated and cowardly to the point of servility. — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents.… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
“I have seen apes only at the fair, they must perform tricks, are chained up, a bitter fate, no human has one so hard” — Alfred Döblin Copy Share Image
That's how the Germans are.... The aristocrats at the top hard as glass, cold as ice, servants of the King, the working masses willing,… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn't believe it gets one in the neck. — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady bring you… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
The subject of the novel is reality liberated from soul. The reader in complete independence presented with a structured process:let him evaluate it, not… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment. — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
