Quotes by Robert Walser

"That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles."
Robert Walser
"I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have no present, and when you have a present, you forget to even think about the future."
Robert Walser
"Ultimately, the most romantic thing is the heart, and every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls."
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Robert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Des...