The Magic Mountain is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature.
“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R. I. P.”
requiescat in pace — you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression — I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 5
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
Was wir Trauer nennen, ist vielleicht nicht sowohl der Schmerz über die Unmöglichkeit, unsere Toten ins Leben kehren zu sehen, als darüber, dies gar nicht wünschen zu können.
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Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 7
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6; variant translation: I will let death have no mastery over my thoughts! For therein, and in nothing else, lies goodness and love of humankind.
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
“I, for one, have never in my life come across a perfectly healthy human being.”
The psychoanalyst "Dr. Krokowski" in Ch. 1
The Magic Mountain (1924)
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
“It is a cruel atmosphere down there, cruel and ruthless.”
Hans Castorp on the world outside the sanatorium, in Ch. 5
The Magic Mountain (1924)
“Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.”
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 5
Settembrini on the Magic Mountain Society, in Ch. 5
The Magic Mountain (1924)
“Love as a force contributory to disease.”
The title of "Dr. Krokowski" lectures. Ch. 4
The Magic Mountain (1924)
“Beer, tobacco, and music,” he went on. “Behold the Fatherland.”
"Herr Settembrini" commenting on Germany, in Ch. 4
The Magic Mountain (1924)
