“Kantorek would say that we stood on the threshold of life. And so it would seem. We had as yet taken no root. The war swept us away. For the others, the older men, it is but an interruption. They are able to think beyond it. We, however, have been gripped by it and do not know what the end may be. We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a wasteland.” WwiLoss Of InnocenceP 20The Lost Generation Book:All quiet on the western front Source: All quiet on the western front
“The last great attempt to free consciousness from the domination of impulses and social controls was psychoanalysis; as Freud pointed out, the two tyrants that fought for control over the mind were the id and the superago, the first a servant of a genes, the second a lackey of society - both representing the "Other".” FlowP 20 Author:Csikszentmihaly
“If you don’t say anything bad about other people, it is less likely that they will say bad things about you.” P 20 Book:The Yearbook Source: The Yearbook
“Le jeu et le don sont étroitement liés. Ils participent, mentalement et socialement, de la même impulsion individuelle et générique : l'instinct ludique. Le jeu et le don partagent le même hautain dédain pour le résultat.” P 20 Book:Travailler, moi ? Jamais ! Source: Travailler, moi ? Jamais !