Hermann Broch

“… for overstrong was the command to hold fast to each smallest particle of time, to the smallest particle of every circumstance, and to embody all of them in memory as if they could be preserved in memory through all deaths for all times.”

“Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.”

“One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his feet all the way up to each hair on the hated head.”

“The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.”

“What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.”

“No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.”

“Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.”