Irgendwo war mir ein Rest von Glauben an den freien Willen geblieben, aber an diesem Morgen war ich sicher, dem Menschen blieb so viel freie Wahl wie dem Uhrwerk in meiner Armbanduhr oder der Fliege, die auf dem Rand meiner Untertasse saß. Es waren die gleichen Kräfte, die Hitler, Stalin, den Papst, den Rabbi von Gur und ein Molekül in der Mitte der Erde antrieben, wie auch ein Sternbild, das Milliarden Lichtjahre entfernt von der Milchstraße war. Blinde Mächte? Sehende Mächte? Es war gleichgültig geworden. Es war uns bestimmt, unsere kleinen Spiele zu spielen und zermalmt zu werden.
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TERRY PRATCHETT Die großartigste Fähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes ist vielleicht die, mit Schmerzen fertig zu we... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Unfaßbar das erste Tier, das von einem anderen träumte. Ungeheuerlich das erste Wirbeltier, dem es... CARLOS FUENTES Im frühen Mittelalter, im Anschluss an die Kreuzzüge, entwickelte sich dann die deutsche Alraunsag... HANNS HEINZ EWERS Terror - manchmal offen ausgedrückt, doch meistens stillschweigend erkannt - schleicht sich in die ... KATHLEEN BARRY Geschichten sind die Essenz des Lebens, Apolonia", sagte er, so ernst wie immer, und sie hatte das G... JENNY-MAI NUYEN Wie ich höre, zeigt auch der Himmel eine Leidenschaft für das Neue. Ein Stern wird müde, ein Ster... ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER … Das verschlug mir für einen Moment die Sprache, ich hatte nicht gedacht, dass es so schlim... MARTINA RIEMER Zwischen den Zeilen liest man nur, wenn man weiß, wie es ist, umgeben von Worten und Worten die eig... LILLY LINDNER Einerseits überschätzen wir den Andern, andererseits unterschätzen wir ihn und wir überschätzen... THOMAS BERNHARD Der Autor muß eine Fülle von Varitionen über das ausgewählte Thema bieten, die Entscheidungsmög... CARLOS FUENTES Über des Propheten Gebein ist jedes Staubkorn ein Pfeiler von Licht, Aufrecht von der Ku... AL-FAITURI Lucas beobachtete, wie Helen aus dem Haus rannte und in Claires Wagen sprang. Sie sah erschöpft und... JOSEPHINE ANGELINI In Begleitung von erlesenen Schmerzen.« Rincewind zögerte. Er war ziemlich sicher, die Bedeutung d... TERRY PRATCHETT Zu einem wahrhaften Menschen gehören viele Götter, und er verschließt in seinem Herzen alle die M... GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL Da kam noch einmal – ein einziges Mal – durch das Schweigen der Nacht das süße Seufzen wieder ... EDGAR ALLAN POE Ich habe immer gedacht, dass ich die seltsamste Person auf dieser Welt bin, aber später dachte ich,... 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PATRICK ROTHFUSS Nachdem sie sich ihr Sandwich aus dem Automaten geholt und es ausgepackt hatte, schleppte Trace sie ... VANESSA SANGUE Wie befreit man die Erde von den Menschen? Indem man die Menschen von ihrer Menschlichkeit befreit. RICK YANCEY War ich kindisch? Verdammt, ja. War ich wütend? Und wie. Hatte er das ver... MARTINA RIEMER Das pädagogische Bedenken: „Darf man Kinder mit dem Hokuspokus afrikanischer Zauberer und böser ... WALTER MEHRING Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn, Röslein auf der Heiden, war so jung und morgenschön, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Die meisten Lügen sind wahr und spinnen sich von ganz allein, kaum jemand kannte diese Wahrheit bes... CHRISTOPH MARZI Könnte ich es sagen und lehren, so wäre ich ein Weiser. So aber bin ich nur ein Fährmann und mein... HERMANN HESSE Oh, oh. Gerade habe ich mir noch ein Wolf gelacht, aber jetzt starre ich fassungslos auf den Hipster... NINA MACKAY Rätselhafterweise ist Schriftsteller trotzdem der schönste Beruf der Welt. 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PETER SINGER It's going to be a shared set of values, a shared ethical framework that's going to be the glue that... PETER SINGER