Notes from Walking by Thomas Bernhard

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Walking: A Novella

Thomas Bernhard

Page 11 @ 08 April 2023 04:35:58 PM

Nature does not need thought, says Oehler, only human pride incessantly thinks into nature its thinking.

Page 12 @ 08 April 2023 04:39:51 PM

There is no doubt that the art lies in bearing what is unbearable and in not feeling that what is horrible is something horrible. Of course we have to label this art the most difficult of all. The art of existing against the facts, says Oehler, is the most difficult, the art that is the most difficult.

Page 22 @ 11 April 2023 01:47:56 AM

If we strike a balance between the beauty of the country and the baseness of the state, says Oehler, we arrive at suicide.

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