"Granite" is a novella by Adalbert Stifter, included in his collection Colourful Stones, 1853. On a walk, the grandfather of the protagonist tells him the story of a family of resin extractors' vain endeavour to escape and the rescue of two children. It is the revised edition of the novella Die Pechbrenner, published in 1848.
“Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.”
“Sculptured in stone on the poet's pages.”
“All available stones... possessed sacred, eternal qualities. ...[A]ll living things perish ...the imposing rocks and cliffs stood eternally. ...[S]tone was symbolic of the eternal realm. ...[S]tone materials were devoted exclusively to religious monuments and sacred funerary paraphernalia. ...intended to survive for eternity.”
“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?”
“In one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread with the other.”
“Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.”
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