What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes. (Thomas Mann)

What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.

Thomas Mann

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