Famous Quotes | A black pall, you know, with a...
A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.—requiescat in pace—you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression—I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.
- Thomas Mann
Attribution: Thomas Mann (1875–1955), German author, critic. Originally published as Der Zauberberg, Fischer (1924). The Magic Mountain, ch. 5, p. 185, trans. by Helen T. Lowe-Porter, The Modern Library, McGraw-Hill (1955). Emblematic of Hans Castorp’s mystical infatuation with death.
Categories: Author, Critic, Death, Peace
