report no.: 027
informant: Nietzsche Channel
source: Nietzsche, Friedrich: Letter to Paul Rée, Naumburg, June 18, 1882
location: Berlin
date: 1882

In spite of everything I am full of confidence in this year and its enigmatic toss of the dice for my fate. I won't travel to Berchtesgaden and in general am no longer in any condition to undertake anything alone. In Berlin I was like a lost penny – which I myself had dropped but thanks to my eyes couldn't find although it lay right at my feet, so that all the passersby laughed.

Simile! –

Heartfelt greetings,
Your friend N.