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> [“He and Onno had once come to the conclusion that you had to decide for yourself whether after your death you wanted to return to your father, then you must go into fire, because that was spirit, but your mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/he-and-onno-had-once-come-to-the-conclusion-that-you-had-to-decide/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

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## More by Harry Mulisch

> [“Un comienzo no desaparece nunca, ni siquiera con un final.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/un-comienzo-no-desaparece-nunca-ni-siquiera-con-un-final/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Still, national politics meant little to him: about as much as paper airplanes would mean to the survivor of a plane crash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/still-national-politics-meant-little-to-him-about-as-much-as-paper/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“People returning from a journey carry the distances they have traveled with them like outspread wings - until they put the key in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/people-returning-from-a-journey-carry-the-distances-they-have/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“He understood very well that it was just because of this intimacy that their marriage had not survived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/he-understood-very-well-that-it-was-just-because-of-this-intimacy/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Iemand die van iemand anders houdt, zegt altijd dat dat komt doordat die ander zo mooi is, op een of andere manier, van buiten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/iemand-die-van-iemand-anders-houdt-zegt-altijd-dat-dat-komt-doordat/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“You could chat with anyone; being silent together without it becoming embarrassing was a lot rarer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/you-could-chat-with-anyone-being-silent-together-without-it-becoming/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“The oldest thing of all is the present, because there's never been anything else but present. No one has ever lived in the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/the-oldest-thing-of-all-is-the-present-because-there-s-never-been/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Hate is the darkness, that's no good. And yet we've got to hate Fascists, and that's considered perfectly all right. How is that possible?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/hate-is-the-darkness-that-s-no-good-and-yet-we-ve-got-to-hate/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [That question is too good to spoil with an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/that-question-is-too-good-to-spoil-with-an-answer/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“When we heard those shots and he saw Ploeg lying in front of the house, what he said was, 'My God, the lizards!'" With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/when-we-heard-those-shots-and-he-saw-ploeg-lying-in-front-of-the/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [Perhaps, he thought, true pure love, like all flowers, flourished best with its roots in muck and mud. Perhaps that was a law of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/perhaps-he-thought-true-pure-love-like-all-flowers-flourished-best/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“His father in law, who was as old as the century, had just retired and was living in a country house in Gelderland. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/his-father-in-law-who-was-as-old-as-the-century-had-just-retired-and/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [All cows were like other cows, all tigers like all other tigers - What on earth happened to human beings?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/all-cows-were-like-other-cows-all-tigers-like-all-other-tigers-what/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“We underestimated human potential, both the strength of man's intellect and the weakness of his flesh, and therefore his receptivity to satanic inspiration --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/we-underestimated-human-potential-both-the-strength-of-man-s/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“If you believe we shouldn't have done it, then you also believe that, in the light of history, the human race shouldn't have existed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/if-you-believe-we-shouldn-t-have-done-it-then-you-also-believe-that/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

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