"Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: somethingâ€™s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I wish to investigate it."

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Source : Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Robert Walser

#Sadness Quotes #Missing Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I will not take "but" for an answer.”
“I always wanted to open a delicatessen in Jerusalem and call it 'Cheeses of Nazareth'.”
“Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.”
“Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa, where the numbered parts were reassembled into temples - the idea took on a new impetus with the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution.”
“I don't understand why a Mark Rothko painting - as much as I love Mark Rothko - has to cost $73 million. I mean, I think $14 million is a pretty reasonable sum of money for a good Rothko painting. What's disturbing about this present moment is that these prices have been so out of control.”
“Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.”
“The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.”
“In a way, comedy is like sex. The more noise you hear, the better you think you're doing.”

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