Jul 27, 2018
In a poet's room, where his inkstand stood on
the table, the remark was once made: "It is wonderful what can be
brought out of an inkstand. What will come next? It is indeed
wonderful."
"Yes, certainly," said the inkstand to the pen and to the other articles that stood on the table; "that's what I always say. It is wonderful and extraordinary what a number of things come out of me. It's quite incredible, and I really never know what is coming next when that man dips his pen into me. One drop out of me is enough for half a page of paper—and what cannot half a page contain?