Home » Quote » Karen Blixen » „Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.“ „Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.“ — Karen Blixen Related quotes „So let me say it: That nevertheless and notwithstanding old Carothers did own it. Bought it, got it, no matter; kept it, held it, no matter; bequeathed it: else why do you stand here relinquishing and repudiating? Held it, kept it for fifty years until you could repudiate it, while He—this Arbiter, this Architect, this Umpire—condoned—or did He? Looked down and saw—or did He? Or at least did nothing: saw, and could not, or did not see; saw, and would not, or perhaps He would not see—perverse, impotent, or blind: which?“ — William Faulkner „He had come so far from himself that I don'tthink he knew who he was anymore.“ — Hunter S. Thompson „Just look down the road and tell me if you can see either of them."I see nobody on the road." said Alice.I only wishhad such eyes,"the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at such a distance too!“ — Lewis Carroll
„Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.“ — Karen Blixen