body: I want to use a couple of lines from "What is life?" by Erwin Schrödinger as a quote on the front of my thesis. Would I need permission from the publisher or would that be covered by fair use? Also, do I need to attribute the quote properly?
  
  
  In my thesis, I have:
  
  
  
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  > The quote from Erwin
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  > -- Erwin Schrödinger - What is life?
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  I reside in Germany so EU laws would apply.
  
  
  
title: Is permission needed to put an extract from a book in thesis as a quotation?