Berlin is a skeleton which aches in the cold: it is my own skeleton aching.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Berlin’s Cold Metaphor
B
Cleverness Everywhere Quote
C
Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Pleasure in Offence Quote
P
It is sometimes very pleasant to take offence, isn’t it?
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Goodness Beyond Law Quote
G
You can’t make people good by law: and without good people you can’t have a good society.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Power of Spoken Words
P
For words, when they meet the ear, become spirit and live again.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Demoralizing Third-Wheel Experience
D
There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Dreadful Boredom Observation
D
But the most dreadful thing about these people is that they are so bored and so boring.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Ruthlessness in Creativity
R
A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Self-Development Aim Quote
S
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains
Laziness Without Fear Quote
L
People are too lazy to anything unless they’re scared.
Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains