In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents. Indeed, I sometimes sank down among the documents and said to myself, I can't improve on… — 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
