Thomas Mann Quote

Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except flirtation and temperature.


Settembrini on the Magic Mountain Society, in Ch. 5 - The Magic Mountain (1924)


Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except...

Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except...

Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except...

Six months at most after they get here, these young people — and they are mostly young who come — have lost every idea they had, except...