“He expected nothing more from life. Not because he was disappointed or embittered. He expected nothing because there was nothing of importance that he had not already experienced. He possessed all the happiness that a person could find. He loved… — jan-philipp sendker Copy Share Image
“Life, U May told her, is a gift full of riddles in which suffering and happiness are inextricably intertwined. Any attempt to have one… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“What do violent individuals fear most? Violence? I should say not! By what do the cruel and selfish feel most threatened? All of them… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“I’m talking about the organ within us for which we have no name. Let us call it the compass of the heart.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“I'm not sure I would put it that way. When we get over something, we move on, we put it behind us. Do we… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“[He taught her] that life is interwoven with suffering. That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“Only a few days earlier he had explained to her that he did not merely read books but traveled with them, that they took… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that we cannot elude death. These are the laws and… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“To forgive, one must love and be loved. Only those who forgive can be free. Whoever forgives is a prisoner no more.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“We wish to be loved as we ourselves would love. Any other way makes as uncomfortable. We respond with doubt and suspicion. We misinterpret… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“Not all truths are explicable, Julia," he said. "And not all explicable things are true.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“Who are you? What’s your name?” “Mi Mi.” “Do you hear that thumping noise?” “No.” “It must be here somewhere.” Tin Win knelt down.… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“He expected nothing more from life. Not because he was disappointed or embittered. He expected nothing because there was nothing of importance that he… — jan-philipp sendker Copy Share
“THE FIRST TIME she left the house with her sleeping son in her arms, still unsteady on her legs, gripping the railing tightly, she… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
