And what if there were nothing left but to die? Well, if I have to, I will die as bravely as anyone.
All ideas that have momentous consequences are always simple. My idea is that ifevil men are linked with one another and are thereby made strong, then honest men, too, must do likewise. It's as simple as that.
Ah, here's an oak.
«Spring. And love. And happiness. Haven't you grown weary of this foolish, senseless illusion? Over and over again, and all sheer illusion. There is no spring, no sun, no happiness. I don't believe in your hopes and illusions».
— It is right, that oak, right a thousand times. Let the young and the naive give themselves over to this fraud. But we know what life is. Our lives are over. I must live out my days without malice, without excitement, without desire.
