Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact — it is silence which isolates.


Ch. 6 - The Magic Mountain (1924)

Thomas Mann Quotes

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact — it is silence which isolates.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact — it is silence which isolates.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact — it is silence which isolates.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact — it is silence which isolates.