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„The most distant mountains, like himself, just stood there and gazed.“

— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„John always went over the time limit and then answered one or two earlier questions unexpectedly, out of order, for nothing could prevent him from solving a problem, even if it had already become inappropriate.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„The world is full of important ideas, but I'll follow my own mind.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„I'm not afraid because I can only imagine nothingness as rather quiet.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„He didn't want to learn another thing. Motionless, he constantly stared at the same spot, unseeing. He breathed as if the air were loam. …he no longer wanted to be quick. …he wanted to slow down until he died. …Outside the passage of time… until they'd think him dead. …The alterations of day and night would finally become just a flickering… John sucked in the air and held his breath. …everything would be as it had been before his birth. He would have never been.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„The villagers and squires now treated him with respect, largely because of his tall stature and the scar on his forehead. If he asked someone to repeat what had been said he was no longer mocked… The country was actually pleasant for a grown man.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„In this place they knew him and were aware of how hard he had to strain. He would rather be among strangers who might possibly be more like himself. There had to be such people—perhaps far, far away. And there he would be able to learn more easily how to be fast.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into villages or tilled land. …He'd be recognized as human only when he stirred.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„When people talk too fast the content becomes as superfluous as the speed.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„Now everything would be different; a little today, all of it tomorrow.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„There are two varieties of men. Some understand 'some women', the others are those who simply 'understand women.“

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— Sten Nadolny

Es gibt zwei Sorten von Männern. Die einen verstehen 'etwas von Frauen', die anderen sind solche, die einfach 'Frauen verstehen'.
Netzkarte (1981)

„How did Tom get there? Again, a piece of time had dropped out.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„The game went on. John had understood nothing. Everything was too fast: the game, the other's talk, the goings-on in the street…“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„If there had been no war, perhaps I would have already discovered a lot by now.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

p, 125
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

„History is intercourse with greatness and duration. It allows us to rise above time.“

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— Sten Nadolny, buch Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

...that was tempting. But he couldn't earn any money with it.
The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)

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