The Devil's Elixir Vol. I Quotes

“Know, then," said he, "that I myself am the destiny—the demon, as thou sayest, by whom I am persecuted and destroyed, that my conscience is loaded with guilt, nay, with the stain of a shameful, infamous, and mortal crime,”
― E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Devil's Elixir Vol. I

“So true it is, that even the shortest step out of the immediate circle of one's best friends, is equal, in effect, to the remotest separation.”
― E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Devil's Elixir Vol. I