“Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it's a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against them. Sometimes I've even envied them: they have an easier and more pleasant life than everyone else.” — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
Suddenly I had a flash of insight: I am a monster, I realized, a monster that wants to stalk through the woods, free and… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I always had… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
“I can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead.” — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
“Nobody will be with me when I die. Nobody will touch me, stare at me or press their hot and living fingers on my… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
“The womanliness of my forties had fallen from me, along with my curls, my little double chin and my rounded hips. At the same… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
“Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it's a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against them. Sometimes… — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom. — Marlen Haushofer Copy Share Image
