That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me.…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 2: Short Philosophical Essays, p.293, Cambridge University Press
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That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 2: Short Philosophical Essays, p.293, Cambridge University Press

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