Lou Salomé, Nietzsche

 
    Lou Salomé, Nietzsche, Translated and Edited by Siegfried Mandel, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2001  
 
   

. . . in a dark mood, his loneliness would speak gloomily, and almost threateningly, from his eyes as from uncanny depths, depths in which he always remained alone and which he could share with no one. At times, these depths gripped him with horror, . . . .

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. . . there was an enjoyment in his costuming, as a mantle and mask covered a rarely exposed interior. . . .

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. . . "Whenever a person permits something to become visible, one can ask: 'what does it hide? From what does it wish to divert someone's gaze? What preconception should it arouse? And further: to what extreme does the subtlety of this disguise go? And, does he misperceive himself in all that?"

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"Everyone who is deep loves the mask . . . every profound spirit needs a mask; moreover, around every deep spirit there continually grows a mask".

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