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Diary entry for 1916-07-02
... be able to offer us seats. On the spur of the moment, we made our way to the train station for the third time. In fact, the greater part of the crowd had already been accommodated in the carriages, the platform gates were open, and by now three ticket ...
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Diary entry for 1916-07-12
... decided to make is way to us. He accompanied us part of the way, was a witness to the luggage misery, and then went from the Schwarzenbergplatz to Mrs. Hauser, who had to undergo a frontal sinus operation. Thereupon the horse attendant appeared again ...
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Diary entry for 1916-08-08
... nothing of that place. They handed us two letters to send home and asked us to take them to the post office. We were struck by a veritable forest of nettles in front of the hut, which gave us occasion to ask the dairy maids whether they took part in ...
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Diary entry for 1916-08-18
... rich man. It is part of the so-called good manners of society, to change the topic of dinner conversation as one changes courses of a meal; so many courses, so many topics, but only a small amount of each! The only exception is the topic of traveling ...
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Diary entry for 1916-09-17
... its course in such an undifferentiated way that he gains no opportunity to release these energies. A great part of such latent energies is what reacts to all manner of slogans. Even war is only a venting of energies which, if there were a greater ...
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Diary entry for 1916-09-20
... means of intelligence and cunning. Letter from Mrs. Pairamall: she announces her return on the 25th of the month, at which point she would like to have a discussion with me with regard to my tuition. An act of pomposity on the part of my caretaker forces ...
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Diary entry for 1916-11-20
... purely bodily presuppositions of the physical act appear as the spiritual part of love; indeed, in these charms they behold their love par excellence, in that they imagine that the choice of the beloved object is simply connected with such charms, but ...
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Diary entry for 1916-11-30
... namens Schön, Either the Hungarian-born Friedrich Schön (1857–1941), an independent architect who took an active part in Viennese cultural life; or one of the two Czech brothers Karl (1875–1955) and Wilhelm Schön (1880–1946), who were active in a team of ...
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Diary entry for 1916-12-15
... beautiful prospect of an occupation that is at least a dignified one. – On this occasion I corrected several of Mrs. Deutsch's own illusions, e.g. that she reckons herself to be part of society and not to art; that even the society to which she belongs ...
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Diary entry for 1917-04-04
... coffee, a walk in the most enticing spring sunshine. One can hardly believe nature's recent fortune; one hardly dares take part in it, the wicked winter having this time punished us so severely. At home, I open the windows. Towards 6 o'clock, on my way to ...