Three Comrades Quotes

“Purposes make life bourgeois.”

“It is easier to be alone without love.”

“Romantics are a following—not an escort”

“The morning came and it was she no longer.”

“"Karl," we christened him—Karl, the Road Spook”

“Only people who think they're not superficial, are”

“Come close to me—else the mist will bear you away.”

“It's no shame to be born stupid. Only to die stupid.”

“Mortality is man's invention; not in the logic of life.”

“"I'm crazy about lilac," said the last of the romantics.”

“There is new and new—according as you are buying or selling.”

“In times of realism be romantic, that's the trick. Opposites attract.”

“"Pat," said I. "Pat."
And for the first time she did not answer me.”

“"Well, pros't!" said he. "May our children have rich parents."”

“Happiness is the most uncertain thing in the world and has the highest price.”

“Birthdays weigh heavily on one's self-esteem. Early in the morning especially.”

“Man is always large in his intentions. In execution not so. Therein lies his charm.”

“So long as a man doesn't give in, he is still more than his fate. That's an old Army rule.”

“...one must make the best of it if one is to get even a little bit of what is called happiness.”

“You can't know anything beforehand. The incurable can survive the healthy. Life is a strange phenomenon.”