Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph.
— Death in Venice and Other Tales
It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
Where this quote comes from
Hans Castorp reaches this conclusion in "Snow", a section of chapter 6 of The Magic Mountain. Lost in a snowstorm above the sanatorium, he has a vision and comes out of it convinced that love stands opposed to death. Only love, not reason, he decides, gives rise to form and civilization and to friendly, enlightened human company.
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Chapter 6, "Snow"
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