“It is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which turns my blood to ice and makes me cringe in terror.”
“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”
“But first my feet will freeze and thenmy legs and then my insides, they will all turn to ice. And my blood, too, andmy heart, and I will forget.”
“Ah, my old friend, anxiety-throwing itself into the blender with sheer terror and embarrassment.”
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
“My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.”