Saidbook

Cynicism is a sharp enough weapon in the hurly-burly of an overcrowded town; it gives you elbow-room and it also gives you a satisfactory feeling of superiority. But what's the use of elbow-room in a desert?

— Henno Martin Sheltering Desert; Union Deutsche Verlangsgesellschaft Ulm (1958)

Another quote →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Henno Martin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.