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> [ I am not here \[in the sanitarium\] to write, but to be mad. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/i-am-not-here-in-the-sanitarium-to-write-but-to-be-mad/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

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## More by Robert Walser

> [“My cheeks are red hot, my lip still trembles, because I sent my heart to speak; every word of it delusional and awkward, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/my-cheeks-are-red-hot-my-lip-still-trembles-because-i-sent-my-heart/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“That's what's so miraculous about the city: each person's bearing and behavior vanish among these thousand sorts, observations are fleeting, judgements swift, and forgetting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/that-s-what-s-so-miraculous-about-the-city-each-person-s-bearing-and/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“What honest man was never in his life without sustenance? And what human being has ever seen as the years pass his hopes, plans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/what-honest-man-was-never-in-his-life-without-sustenance-and-what/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“Siento que la vida exige emociones, no reflexiones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/siento-que-la-vida-exige-emociones-no-reflexiones/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“Wherever poesie can be felt, all poetic touches are superfluous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/wherever-poesie-can-be-felt-all-poetic-touches-are-superfluous/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“Perhaps there were a few repetitions here and there. But I would like to confess that I consider nature and human life to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/perhaps-there-were-a-few-repetitions-here-and-there-but-i-would-like/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [Questions are usually more beautiful, more significant than their resolutions, which in fact never resolve them, are never sufficient to satisfy us, whereas from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/questions-are-usually-more-beautiful-more-significant-than-their/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [How uninteresting interesting things can become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/how-uninteresting-interesting-things-can-become/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/your-very-eyes-how-they-have-always-been-for-me-the-command-to-obey/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/i-don-t-want-a-future-i-want-a-present-to-me-this-appears-of-greater/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“They should not clench their fists, it’s my longing that’s drawing me near to them; they should not stand there full of rage, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/they-should-not-clench-their-fists-it-s-my-longing-that-s-drawing-me/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [ I am not here \[in the sanitarium\] to write, but to be mad. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/i-am-not-here-in-the-sanitarium-to-write-but-to-be-mad/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“Is it our calling to understand each other, or are we not, rather, called upon to misjudge one another, to prevent there being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/is-it-our-calling-to-understand-each-other-or-are-we-not-rather/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“A park like this resembles a large, silent, isolated room. In fact it's always Sunday in a park, by the way, for it's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/a-park-like-this-resembles-a-large-silent-isolated-room-in-fact-it-s/)

[Robert Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walser/)

> [“Money rules the world, and doubtless also, here and there, the bit of love within it, and when love turns to hate, one remembers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walser/money-rules-the-world-and-doubtless-also-here-and-there-the-bit-of/)

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