Good old-fashioned idealism

It was winter,
and I went outside.

I said, �World,
I�m immortal.
I�ll always exist.
But you only exist because I see you.

If you don�t give me anything,
I won�t give you anything.�



Friedrich Liechtenstein being interviewed in Once an Ornamental Hermit, Now a German Media Darling by Sally McGrane, The New York Times, 25 July 2014. Submitted by Daniel Galef.