Short Stories in German, Erzählungen auf Deutsch Quotes

“Now we are entering a new age,' she had said to him, to which he had replied, 'A new age begins with every day God gives us.' In response she had stared at him open-mouthed and said that some people did not know what was good for them and that they had to be forced towards their own good fortune. Yes, he had said, and had paused again, there were real artists in this respect who could spit into their own faces and still regard it as refreshing.”
― Ernst Zillekens, Short Stories in German, Erzählungen auf Deutsch: New Penguin Parallel Text