“And I bought myself a thick black notebook and cut some doves out of white paper and stuck them on the cover, and now I'm looking for a beginning. My name is Doris, and I'm baptized and Christian, and born… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“I so want to give him my notebook--I want to be a real person--he should read my book--I work for him, I cook for him, I'm Doris--Doris isn't just some piece of dirt. I don't want to be innocent, I… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And I know for a fact that those who "always have to tell the truth" are definitely lying (63)” — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And I bought myself a thick black notebook and cut some doves out of white paper and stuck them on the cover, and now… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“But I could just as well turn into a Hulla--and if I became a star, I might actually be a worse person than a… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“But I say: "Tilli, sometimes women too are sensual and want only that one thing." And there's no difference. Because sometimes I only want… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“If a young woman from money marries an old man because of money and nothing else and makes love to him for hours and… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“I so want to give him my notebook--I want to be a real person--he should read my book--I work for him, I cook for… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And that’s what’s important: how you react to someone while they’re sleeping and not exerting any influence over you.” — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“The city isn't good and the city isn't happy and the city is sick," he says--"but you are good and I thank you for… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“I used to think you could help people only with money. Actually, you can’t really help anyone, but you can give them pleasure.” — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“Father thou art in heaven, please make my inside so good and so fine that he can love me. I'm going to buy him… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And they would laugh at me. The dress was all sticking out around me and it was dark green with a pattern of animals… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And now I feel like crying, because I really do not understand, and I don't think I will when I'm older either. It was… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“And sometimes somebody is laughing--and that laugh is stuffing all of yesterday's and today's anger back into the mouth that it's oozing from.” — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“She has no sense of direction — when she goes to the bathroom in a restaurant, you need to give her a compass.” — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“Yes, there are stars," I lie and I give them to him--there are no stars--but there must be some behind the clouds and they… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
