E.T.A. Hoffmann

Quotes

• “We believed in another world, but we admitted the feebleness of our senses. Then came 'enlightenment,' and made everythi...”
• “Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here ...”
• “It was obvious from their expressions that they believed the wellbeing of R.’s inhabitants was endangered by my youth. T...”
• “I may be permitted, kind reader, to doubt whether you have ever been enclosed in a glass bottle, unless some vivid dream...”
• “Poor, ill-advised Roderich! What evil power did you conjure up to poison in its first youth the race you thought to have...”