A man dies ... only a few circles in the water prove that he was ever there. And even they quickly disappear. And when they're gone, he's forgotten, without a trace, as if he'd never even existed. And that's all. — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
People who stand near the water in the darkness are either lovers or poets. Or else ... one of that great gray number who've… — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
I've got a deep dark suspicion that pretty soon we should start looking around for another planet for ourselves. — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
A man dies ... only a few circles in the water prove that he was ever there. And even they quickly disappear. And when… — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
“Then she saw him stop and wipe his brow with his handkerchief. Once, twice. And then once again. But she did not see the… — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
“You. Man at the machine and man in the workshop. If tomorrow they tell you you are to make no more water-pipes and saucepans… — Wolfgang Borchert Copy Share Image
