--- title: "1 Tower Babel Quotes By Thea von Harbou" description: "1 Tower Babel quotes by Thea von Harbou. Plus more from Thea von Harbou and more Tower Babel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/thea-von-harbou-38737_quote_the-new-tower-of-babel-and-its-fellow-ho_1501910.jpg" --- > [“The New Tower of Babel and its fellow houses stretched their somber heights high above the cathedral spire, that the young girls in the work-rooms and wireless stations gazed down just as deep from the thirtieth story windows on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/the-new-tower-of-babel-and-its-fellow-houses-stretched-their-somber/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/thea-von-harbou-38737_quote_the-new-tower-of-babel-and-its-fellow-ho_1501910.jpg) ## More by Thea von Harbou > [“Beautiful Maria, how Sweet are your hips... Is the man whom you love never to find that out? Beautiful Maria, listen to what I say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/beautiful-maria-how-sweet-are-your-hips-is-the-man-whom-you-love/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“I have no friends, Josaphat.” Josaphat wanted to contradict, but he stopped himself.  Freder turned his eyes towards him.  He straightened himself up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/i-have-no-friends-josaphat-josaphat-wanted-to-contradict-but-he/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“And then he grasped that this city of machines, this city of sobriety, this fanatic for work, sought, at night, the mighty counterpoise to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/and-then-he-grasped-that-this-city-of-machines-this-city-of-sobriety/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“Oh yes, Joh—oh yes! Your sin walks behind you like a good dog on the trail.  It does not lose your scent, Joh—it remains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/oh-yes-joh-oh-yes-your-sin-walks-behind-you-like-a-good-dog-on-the/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“The New Tower of Babel and its fellow houses stretched their somber heights high above the cathedral spire, that the young girls in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/the-new-tower-of-babel-and-its-fellow-houses-stretched-their-somber/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“THERE WAS A HOUSE in the great Metropolis which was older than the town.  Many said that it was older, even, than the cathedral,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/there-was-a-house-in-the-great-metropolis-which-was-older-than-the/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“Then came a time which pulled down antiquities.  Then the words were spoken: The house must die.  But the house was stronger than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/then-came-a-time-which-pulled-down-antiquities-then-the-words-were/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“But I do, Joh! I still remember every syllable.  You said: ‘I don’t hear a word you say—! only hear Hel! If I were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/but-i-do-joh-i-still-remember-every-syllable-you-said-i-don-t-hear-a/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“Did he not live in a town which lay deeper under the earth than the underground stations of Metropolis, with their thousand shafts—In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/did-he-not-live-in-a-town-which-lay-deeper-under-the-earth-than-the/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“This book is not of today or of the future. It tells of no place. It serves no cause, party or class. It has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/this-book-is-not-of-today-or-of-the-future-it-tells-of-no-place-it/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) > [“You have suffered,” thought his dream-filled brain.  “You have been redeemed by suffering.  You have attained to bliss... Is it worth while to suffer?-Yes.” And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-von-harbou/you-have-suffered-thought-his-dream-filled-brain-you-have-been/) [Thea von Harbou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-von-harbou/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tower-babel/thea-von-harbou/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tower Babel Quotes By Thea von Harbou", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The New Tower of Babel and its fellow houses stretched their somber heights high above the cathedral spire, that the young girls in the work-rooms and wireless stations gazed down just as deep from the thirtieth story windows on the star-crowned virgin as she, in earlier days, had looked down on the pious red roofs.  In place of doves, flying machines swarmed over the cathedral roof and over the city, resting on the roofs, from which, at night glaring pillars and circles indicated the course of flight and landing points. The Master of Metropolis had already considered, more than once, having the cathedral pulled down, as being pointless and an obstruction to the traffic in the town of fifty million inhabitants. 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