Robert Musil Quotes
Life is to blame for everything.
Musil, Robert. The Man Without Qualities. Translated by Sophie Wilkins, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
The president was a bachelor and was constantly being chided for that. Some ladies came to the White House and criticized the fact that he "had no lady in the house:"
This is a classic example, not only of the view of many primitive Muslims towards women, but it is an example of blaming the victim, a common characteristic of dictatorial, repressive governments and societies. The fundamentalist Muslims often actually believe that it is man’s nature to sexually attack any woman who may stimulate them; therefore, women should be covered at all times to prevent this stimulation of males. This view of men is also very primitive assuming that men have no self control and have no moral responsibility for their actions.
Robert Musil was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels.
