Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Berthold Auerbach

Quote by Berthold Auerbach

Work

On the heights: a novel

This novel takes its title from a physical or metaphorical high place, likely using the heights as a central symbol. The story may involve characters living in or striving toward a remote, elevated location, which could represent social status, personal aspirations, or emotional distance. The narrative probably examines how altitude—literal or figurative—shapes human relationships, challenges, and self-discovery. Without specific author or plot details, the work is generally understood as a literary fiction piece that uses its setting to reflect on broader human experiences of striving, solitude, or clarity. more

Author

Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach

Berthold Auerbach was a prominent German poet born on February 28, 1812, in Hamburg, Germany, and died on February 8, 1882. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and unique style, which had a significant impact on German literature. more

You May Also Like

“Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don't mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. The new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”

“Perhaps I should have pointed out more often that without her (mother's) guidance and example I might have gone straight from short pants to Long Bay Gaol, which in those days was still in use and heavily populated by larcenous young men who had chosen their parents less wisely.”

“Only in America, Rabbi Golden, do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and down Collins Avenue in Florida in pedalpushers and mink stoles - and with opinions on every subject under the sun. It isn't their fault they were given a gift like speech - look, if cows could talk, they would say things just as idiotic.”