Death was a blessing, so great, so deep that we can fathom it only at those moments, like this one now, when we are reprieved from it. It was the return home from long, unspeakably painful wanderings, the correction of a great error, the loosening of tormenting chains, the removal of barriers---it set a horrible accident to rights again.
托马斯·曼(Thomas Mann,1875年6月6日—1955年8月12日),德国小说家和散文家,出生于德国北部卢卑克城一家望族。1924年发表长篇小说《魔山》。1929年度获得诺贝尔文学奖。