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> [Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/why-why-does-what-was-beautiful-suddenly-shatter-in-hindsight-because/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

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> [why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/why-does-what-was-beautiful-shatter-in-hindsight-because-it-concealed/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

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> [Is this what sadness is all about? Is it what comes over us when beautiful memories shatter in hindsight because the remembered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/is-this-what-sadness-is-all-about-is-it-what-comes-over-us-when/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

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## More by Bernhard Schlink

> [“Ne ispada li, onda, da je egzistencijalni umor rezultat premalog, a ne prevelikog angažovanja? Postajemo li umorni usled toga što olakšavamo sebi situaciju, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/ne-ispada-li-onda-da-je-egzistencijalni-umor-rezultat-premalog-a-ne/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/why-why-does-what-was-beautiful-suddenly-shatter-in-hindsight-because/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“...if something hurts me, the hurts I suffered back then come back to me, and when I feel guilty, the feelings of guilt return;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/if-something-hurts-me-the-hurts-i-suffered-back-then-come-back-to-me/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“The truth of what one says lies in what one does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/the-truth-of-what-one-says-lies-in-what-one-does/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“When she had fallen asleep on me, and the saw in the yard was quiet, and a blackbird was singing as the colors of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/when-she-had-fallen-asleep-on-me-and-the-saw-in-the-yard-was-quiet/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“To anyone ignorant of history, it would be easy to see ways of life in earlier times simply as ways of life in foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/to-anyone-ignorant-of-history-it-would-be-easy-to-see-ways-of-life-in/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“What is it?' 'Nothing,' he said, and put his arm around her. 'You sighed.' 'I'd like to be further along than I am.' She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/what-is-it-nothing-he-said-and-put-his-arm-around-her-you-sighed-i-d/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/but-the-finger-i-pointed-at-her-turned-back-to-me-i-had-loved-her-not/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“I wanted to pose myself both tasks - understanding and condemnation. But it was impossible to do both”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/i-wanted-to-pose-myself-both-tasks-understanding-and-condemnation-but/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/sometimes-the-memory-of-happiness-cannot-stay-true-because-it-ended/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“I had no one to point at. Certainly not my parents, because I had nothing to accuse them of. The zeal for letting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/i-had-no-one-to-point-at-certainly-not-my-parents-because-i-had/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/sometimes-i-had-the-feeling-that-all-of-us-in-his-family-were-like/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [“There are matters one simply cannot get drawn into, that one must distance oneself from, if the price is not life and limb. هناك أمور لا يمكن للواحد ببساطة أن ينخرط فيها ، يجب على الواحد ان ينحي نفسه عنها ، حتى وإن كان الثمن موته أو بتره.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/there-are-matters-one-simply-cannot-get-drawn-into-that-one-must/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/she-was-struggling-as-she-always-had-struggled-not-to-show-what-she/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

> [As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-schlink/as-an-author-you-hope-for-a-director-and-a-cast-that-will-make/)

[Bernhard Schlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-schlink/)

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