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> [“It was nearly winter. I had just seen a friend die, and was again beginning to take pleasure in my own existence. This friend, who thought of himself as the "first man to experience pain", had nevertheless tried up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/it-was-nearly-winter-i-had-just-seen-a-friend-die-and-was-again/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

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## More by Peter Handke

> [My place is in Serbia if the NATO criminals bomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/my-place-is-in-serbia-if-the-nato-criminals-bomb/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [We behave as if being alone were a problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/we-behave-as-if-being-alone-were-a-problem/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [Morality is the least of my concerns. To me, morality in a society that - however moral its pose - is hierarchically organized is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/morality-is-the-least-of-my-concerns-to-me-morality-in-a-society-that/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I like literature, not opinions. I hate opinions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-like-literature-not-opinions-i-hate-opinions/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [An artist is only an exemplary person if you can see in his works how life goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/an-artist-is-only-an-exemplary-person-if-you-can-see-in-his-works-how/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I wrote about the Serbs, because no one was writing about them, even if I also think about the Croat and Muslim victims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-wrote-about-the-serbs-because-no-one-was-writing-about-them-even-if/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I am a writer and not a judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-am-a-writer-and-not-a-judge/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I can't define myself. And I'm really happy about this, that I'm not able to make a definition of, even of my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-can-t-define-myself-and-i-m-really-happy-about-this-that-i-m-not/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [Most older people don't talk about the past so they won't have to admit that their life ran on the wrong rail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/most-older-people-don-t-talk-about-the-past-so-they-won-t-have-to/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I'm a conservative classical writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-m-a-conservative-classical-writer/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I am a writer. I am rooted in Tolstoy, I am rooted in Homer, I am rooted in Cervantes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-am-a-writer-i-am-rooted-in-tolstoy-i-am-rooted-in-homer-i-am-rooted/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [I'm Austrian, but my mother was Slovenian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/i-m-austrian-but-my-mother-was-slovenian/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [Samuel Beckett. He is a kind of hero for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/samuel-beckett-he-is-a-kind-of-hero-for-me/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [The so-called world knows everything about Slobodan Milosevic. The so-called world knows the truth. But I don't know the truth. But I watch. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/the-so-called-world-knows-everything-about-slobodan-milosevic-the-so/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

> [There are many kinds of truth. But truth communicated by beauty is the only pure one. The only one that touches me in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-handke/there-are-many-kinds-of-truth-but-truth-communicated-by-beauty-is-the/)

[Peter Handke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-handke/)

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