Quote by Gunther Grass

I shall speak of how melancholy and utopia preclude one another. How they fertilize one another... of the revulsion that follows one insight and precedes the next... of superabundance and surfeit. Of stasis in progress. And of myself, for whom melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin.

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Summary

This quote suggests that melancholy and utopia are interconnected concepts. It implies that these contradictory ideas fuel and inspire each other. The quote goes on to mention the repulsion that occurs after an epiphany, followed by another one. It also mentions the conflicting elements of abundance and excess. The quote touches on the paradox of being stuck in stability while striving for progress. Ultimately, it reveals the author's personal connection, where melancholy and utopia are inseparable, opposing sides of a single coin.

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Paradise Utopia

By Gunther Grass

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