Quotes from The Beloved Returns — Thomas Mann
1875–1955 Germany
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Hold fast the time! Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute!
The Beloved Returns (1939)
Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
The Beloved Returns (1939)
Cruelty is one of the chief ingredients of love, and divided about equally between the sexes: cruelty of lust, ingratitude, callousness, maltreatment, domination. The same is true of the passive qualities, patience under suffering, even pleasure in ill usage.
The Beloved Returns (1939)