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Cases of typhoid take the following course:When the fever is at its height, life calls out to the patient: calls out to him as he wanders in his dista...more

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Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

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I bear within me the seed, the rudiments, the possibility of life's capacities and endeavors. Where might I be, if I were not here? Who, what, how cou...more

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The Ladies Buddenbrook from Breite Strasse did not weep, however - it was not their custom. Their faces, a little less caustic than usual at least, ex...more

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He loved the sea for deep-seated reasons: the hardworking artist's need for repose, the desire to take shelter from the demanding diversity of phenome...more

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It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

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For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.