“Look, doctor, China, the country without religion. The Chinese have no religious ideas, only a kind of philosophy. In the Middle Kingdom no grain has been cultivated for thousands of years. Only rice.” — 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
