"War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."
— Thomas Mann
"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
— Thomas Mann
"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
— Thomas Mann
"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann
