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21 " Който отива надалеч, научава много неща. Някои от тях се отнасят за самия него. "
― Daniel Kehlmann , Measuring the World
22 " Writing a novel, said Humboldt, seemed to him the perfect way to capture the most fleeting essence of the present for the future. "
23 " Zu viele Leute hielten ihre Gewohnheiten für Grundregeln der Welt. "
24 " Giacché ci troviamo al mondo senza che nessuno ce lo abbia chiesto, tanto vale provare a realizzare qualcosa. "
25 " Das, dachte er, ist es. Leben müssen, obgleich alles vorbei ist. Disponieren, organisieren: jeden Tag, jede Stunde und Minute. Als hätte es noch Sinn "
26 " Oh, said the professor sympathetically, teeth, bad? He himself had been lucky, he'd only lost five, Professor Lichtenberg was left with a mere two, and Kästner had been toothless for years. "