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Joseph Roth quotes: A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.

A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.

Joseph Roth quotes: Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.

Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.

Joseph Roth quotes: Only the small things in life are important

Only the small things in life are important

Joseph Roth quotes: And in the evening concealed fluorescent tubes light the room so evenly that it is no longer illuminated, it is a pool of luminosity.

And in the evening concealed fluorescent tubes light the room so evenly that it is no longer illuminated, it is a pool of luminosity.

Joseph Roth quotes: Our living room had a clock in it that used to clear its throat before striking the hours. He is that harrumphing.

Our living room had a clock in it that used to clear its throat before striking the hours. He is that harrumphing.

Joseph Roth quotes: I am not an encore, not a pudding, I am the main dish.

I am not an encore, not a pudding, I am the main dish.

Joseph Roth quotes: When I leave the hotel the porter stands beside the revolving door, primed to greet me, like a talking fork.

When I leave the hotel the porter stands beside the revolving door, primed to greet me, like a talking fork.

Joseph Roth quotes: A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know that only death has a rictus.

A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know that only death has a rictus.

Joseph Roth quotes: A puff of wind blew out their skirts, and they looked like two wandering flags.

A puff of wind blew out their skirts, and they looked like two wandering flags.

Joseph Roth quotes: That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.

That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.

Joseph Roth quotes: But the sound of despair is never pleasant; it sounds suspiciously like lying.

But the sound of despair is never pleasant; it sounds suspiciously like lying.

Joseph Roth quotes: Anyway, I am unfitted to hold down a job anywhere unless they were to pay me for getting angry at the world. 96

Anyway, I am unfitted to hold down a job anywhere unless they were to pay me for getting angry at the world. 96

Joseph Roth quotes: But the policeman radiates the calm and ease of a traffic light;

But the policeman radiates the calm and ease of a traffic light;

Joseph Roth quotes: Taittinger pondered, but he was well aware that no amount of pondering had yet helped him to a sensible conclusion.

Taittinger pondered, but he was well aware that no amount of pondering had yet helped him to a sensible conclusion.

Joseph Roth quotes: Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.

Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.

Joseph Roth quotes: There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly.

There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly.

Joseph Roth quotes: He wore a gleaming top hat. He had a pomaded, uptwirled black moustache. He looked like a first-class funeral.

He wore a gleaming top hat. He had a pomaded, uptwirled black moustache. He looked like a first-class funeral.

Joseph Roth quotes: The woman who had escaped with her life now wept for the loss of her umbrella and was not at all grateful that her limbs were intact.

The woman who had escaped with her life now wept for the loss of her umbrella and was not at all grateful that her limbs were intact.

Joseph Roth quotes: The calendrical harshness of nature is nothing to the boundless cruelty of history.

The calendrical harshness of nature is nothing to the boundless cruelty of history.

Joseph Roth quotes: The good man believed that shortsighted people were also deaf and that their spectacles would become clearer if their ears heard more sharply.

The good man believed that shortsighted people were also deaf and that their spectacles would become clearer if their ears heard more sharply.

Joseph Roth quotes: What I see, what I see. What I see is the day in all its absurdity and triviality.

What I see, what I see. What I see is the day in all its absurdity and triviality.

Joseph Roth quotes: Dazzled by the luminosity of logic, she leans back, closing her eyes. She loses herself, she is lost.

Dazzled by the luminosity of logic, she leans back, closing her eyes. She loses herself, she is lost.

Joseph Roth quotes: Perhaps one can see one's destiny accomplished before one's very eyes and still feel hungry.

Perhaps one can see one's destiny accomplished before one's very eyes and still feel hungry.

Joseph Roth quotes: His round cheeks are of a red that seems to glow from within, as if he had a lit candle in his mouth like a paper lantern at a summer

His round cheeks are of a red that seems to glow from within, as if he had a lit candle in his mouth like a paper lantern at a summer fete.

Joseph Roth quotes: Of course, it's the things you're not told that arouse your interest. The gaps in the news are the interesting bits.

Of course, it's the things you're not told that arouse your interest. The gaps in the news are the interesting bits.

Joseph Roth quotes: I think it's our unique product selection and the idea that everything we sell only can be purchased at Ikea.

I think it's our unique product selection and the idea that everything we sell only can be purchased at Ikea.

Joseph Roth quotes: On Sundays the world is as bright and empty as a balloon.

On Sundays the world is as bright and empty as a balloon.