Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.

Robert Musil

Robert Musil

Centre Closer Drew Endless Glittering Like Little Objects Pass Pause People Room Runs Seemed Stiff Still Suddenly Thread Through Time Together Which World

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