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> [“How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/how-do-you-have-to-live-i-wondered-to-be-in-harmony-with-what-you/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

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## More by Herta Müller

> [“And I’m different without you. You’re the only one who thinks you’re never different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/and-i-m-different-without-you-you-re-the-only-one-who-thinks-you-re/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [Working with language requires beauty for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/working-with-language-requires-beauty-for-me/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“I wanted to work out a trade with things that aren’t alive but aren’t dead either. I wanted to make an emergency exchange, trading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/i-wanted-to-work-out-a-trade-with-things-that-aren-t-alive-but-aren-t/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [My first book, 'Nadirs,' was very important for me. I'll leave its literary worth for others to judge. But its publication in Berlin in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/my-first-book-nadirs-was-very-important-for-me-i-ll-leave-its/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“I'm drawn outside to the empty yard of the afternoon. The wind tosses thin snow that crackles against my neck. With open hunger the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/i-m-drawn-outside-to-the-empty-yard-of-the-afternoon-the-wind-tosses/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“The cabbage white flies through the tailor's cheek. The tailor sinks his head. The cabbage white flies out of the back of the tailor's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/the-cabbage-white-flies-through-the-tailor-s-cheek-the-tailor-sinks/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“The reasaon I'm shy of objects is because I like them. I transfer the thoughts that are against me onto them. Then these thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/the-reasaon-i-m-shy-of-objects-is-because-i-like-them-i-transfer-the/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“The gym instructor was the first to raise his hand. All the other hands flew up after his. While raising their hands, everybody looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/the-gym-instructor-was-the-first-to-raise-his-hand-all-the-other/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/i-have-packed-myself-into-silence-so-deeply-and-for-so-long-that-i/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [I never wanted to be a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/i-never-wanted-to-be-a-writer/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/to-combat-death-you-don-t-need-much-of-a-life-just-one-that-isn-t-yet/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/some-people-speak-and-sing-and-walk-and-sit-and-sleep-and-silence/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“I wanted love to grow back, like the grass when it’s mown down. To grow differently, if need be, like children’s teeth, like hair,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/i-wanted-love-to-grow-back-like-the-grass-when-it-s-mown-down-to-grow/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [Whatever I read went under my skin. I almost devoured the literature, which became like a road to discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/whatever-i-read-went-under-my-skin-i-almost-devoured-the-literature/)

[Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

> [“Some say that over time homesickness loses its specific content, that it starts to smolder and only then becomes all-consuming, because it’s no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/some-say-that-over-time-homesickness-loses-its-specific-content-that/)

[Herta Müller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/)

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