Little Herr Friedemann and Other Stories Quotes

“No one can understand with what heartfelt care this man, who had renounces the greatest happiness that life can offer us, knew how to enjoy the delights that were accessible to him. A springtime stroll through the green areas outside the town, the scent of a flower, the warbling of a bird - couldn't we be thankful for such things?”
― Thomas Mann, Little Herr Friedemann and Other Stories

“Once, when he lowered the book on his lap and blinked up at the blue, sunny sky, he said to himself: Now, that's thirty years. Another ten or even twenty may still come, God knows. They will come along quiet and soundless and flow by like the ones that have already passed, and I look forward to them with peace in my heart.”
― Thomas Mann, Little Herr Friedemann and Other Stories

“Niemand kan zich voorstellen hoe innig en zorgzaam hij, die afstand had gedaan van het grootste geluk dat het leven ons kan schenken, van de vreugden wist te genieten die wel voor hem waren weggelegd.”
― Thomas Mann, Little Herr Friedemann and Other Stories