Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd. Thomas Mann absurdbeautybirth Change image and share on social
If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it. Thomas Mann expressfindidea Change image and share on social
All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life. Thomas Mann deathdiseaseexpression Change image and share on social
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion. Thomas Mann admireanimalcompanion Change image and share on social
A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own. Thomas Mann affairdieman Change image and share on social
I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally. Thomas Mann cigardeprivegood Change image and share on social
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. Thomas Mann greatoppositetruth Change image and share on social
I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress. Thomas Mann bearergleamlove Change image and share on social
The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought. Thomas Mann emotionjoythink Change image and share on social
The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea. Thomas Mann consistideamake Change image and share on social