Character: Andreas

I had to come here, to this Lemberg brothel, in order to find out that there is love without lust.

It seemed to me that I love only her soul. But what is a soul without a body?

You often hurt the one you love, this is the law of love.

It is indeed a sin to go to a brothel.

She is sent to the room, two hundred and fifty marks will be paid for her, because she is an expensive little doll. What a terrible life. She is sent to the room, and she does not even know who is there. An old man, a youth, a freak or a handsome man, a debauchee or a virgin.

Life is Beautiful. I was ungrateful, I denied that there are simple human joys.

Nothing can be done for fun.

A person always has something to repent of.

If a person knows that he is going to die, he must collect his thoughts, repent and pray, he must pray a lot.

The Lord will not leave the unfortunate. Unhappiness is life and pain is life.

Eating and drinking help the soul stay in the body.

Soon. Soon. Soon. Soon. When soon? What a terrible word soon! Soon it may be in a second, soon it may be in a year. Soon a terrible word. This soon compresses the future, makes it negligible, and there is no longer anything definite, nothing definite at all, one continuous unknown. Soon it's nothing and soon it's a lot.

Our life consists of memories and associations. And our future is imagination and the game of inspiration.

If you don't like society, you can become a beekeeper in Provence or herding sheep in the Hebrides. That's not a reason to kill people.