I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it. — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“Ne ispada li, onda, da je egzistencijalni umor rezultat premalog, a ne prevelikog angažovanja? Postajemo li umorni usled toga što olakšavamo sebi situaciju, a… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“...if something hurts me, the hurts I suffered back then come back to me, and when I feel guilty, the feelings of guilt return;… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“When she had fallen asleep on me, and the saw in the yard was quiet, and a blackbird was singing as the colors of… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“To anyone ignorant of history, it would be easy to see ways of life in earlier times simply as ways of life in foreign… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“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… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“I wanted to pose myself both tasks - understanding and condemnation. But it was impossible to do both” — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily.. — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“I had no one to point at. Certainly not my parents, because I had nothing to accuse them of. The zeal for letting in… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk,… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
