I believe that my observations have always led me to find that the so-called realist moves about the world with a closed mind, ringed as it were with concrete and cement, and that the so-called romantic is like an unfenced… — 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. The rotation goes on forever. And when the wheel finally stops spinning, the riders in their relief forget that they have paid money to enjoy themselves, and only had the fright of their lives. They feel… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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