It's very stupid, that in our town there live two artillery officers as if two generals.Author's Narration
Not as stammerers, but as the deaf and dumb talk with their fingers, our sighs and the movement of our eyebrows and lips also speak.Author's Narration
His hands and feet alone are living.Author's Narration
With horror I realize the truth: the town is mute!From the character of the judge
Why, am I a pagan? No! I believe in God as every educated man does.From the character of the judge
After all, why not comfort one's self with a ghost if one has a taste for it?Author's Narration
According to my idea, no one normal state form of life exists.From the character of the judge
It's easier to bear a light than to put it out. Remember that!From the character of the judge
It is often easier to show our feeling on trees, on stones, and sometimes on marionettes, than on real people.Author's Narration
But no joy and no happiness, but a feeling of envy and of cursing everything overcomes me...From the character of the judge