Thomas Mann Quote

Language is civilization itself. The Word, even the most contradictory word, binds us together. Wordlessness isolates.


The Magic Mountain (1924)


Language is civilization itself. The Word, even the most contradictory word, binds us together. Wordlessness isolates.

Language is civilization itself. The Word, even the most contradictory word, binds us together. Wordlessness isolates.

Language is civilization itself. The Word, even the most contradictory word, binds us together. Wordlessness isolates.

Language is civilization itself. The Word, even the most contradictory word, binds us together. Wordlessness isolates.