بار هرچه سنگین‌تر باشد، زندگی ما به زمین نزدیک‌تر، واقعی‌تر و حقیقی‌تر است. - Milan Kundera

"Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said.
Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly."

Jika ingin menghancurkan sebuah bangsa dan peradaban, hancurkan buku-bukunya; maka pastilah bangsa itu akan musnah.

!Do you realise what is the eternal precondition of tragedy? The existence of ideals which are considered more valuable than human life. [...] Thy drive you to your death because presumably there is something greater than your life. War can only exist in a world of tragedy. [...] The age of tragedy can be ended any by the revolt of frivolity. [...] Frivolity is a radical diet for weight-reduction. things will lose ninety percent of their meaning and will become light. In such a weightless environment fanaticism will disappear. War will become impossible.