On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, — Robert Walser, Selected Stories
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On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, lack of inner life, of estrangement from nature, and of a mediocre or defective gift of understanding.

— Robert Walser, Selected Stories
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