“His neighbours said that if Berl Landfahrer started dealing in candles the sun would stop setting, and that if it rained ducats he would be indoors, and if it rained stones he’d be out in the street.” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“Busy thyself with the secrets of wisdom and knowledge, thus thou shalt overcome the fear of the morrow in thee.” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“Look, doctor, China, the country without religion. The Chinese have no religious ideas, only a kind of philosophy. In the Middle Kingdom no grain… — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t a stick over which he didn’t stumble, and if he had bread he wouldn’t have a knife, and if he had both… — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“His neighbours said that if Berl Landfahrer started dealing in candles the sun would stop setting, and that if it rained ducats he would… — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“For it’s human nature even in the direst extremity to see a spark of hope and blow it into flames.” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“But, when you’ve swallowed what’s stuck in your throat, tell me who’s the first to notice the rain in this part of the world.” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“For my most gracious master still called me redhead, though my hair was already churchyard-coloured.” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“They say a deaf man heard a dumb man talking about a blind man who saw a cripple walking the tightrope.” He” — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
“Svaki pogled njenih očiju, svaku reč iz njenih usta želim da imam samo za sebe. To što ne mogu da se odvojim od nje,… — Leo Perutz Copy Share Image
