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> [If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/if-you-were-born-in-a-country-or-at-a-time-not-only-when-nobody-comes/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

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## More by Jonathan Littell

> [“Please, mein Herr, shoot the children cleanly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/please-mein-herr-shoot-the-children-cleanly/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [Like translation itself, Asymptote is a fluid web reaching out to all sides, bringing texts and readers together, through the most improbable and marvelous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/like-translation-itself-asymptote-is-a-fluid-web-reaching-out-to-all/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [“I was finally beginning to perceive that no matter how many dead people I might see, or people at the instant of their death,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/i-was-finally-beginning-to-perceive-that-no-matter-how-many-dead/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [I have remained someone who believes that the only things indispensable to human life are air, food, drink and excretion, and the search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/i-have-remained-someone-who-believes-that-the-only-things/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [If you ever managed to make me cry, my tears would sear your face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/if-you-ever-managed-to-make-me-cry-my-tears-would-sear-your-face/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [“Blood transmits a propensity for heart diseases; if it also transmits a propensity for treason, no one has ever been able to prove it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/blood-transmits-a-propensity-for-heart-diseases-if-it-also-transmits/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/if-you-were-born-in-a-country-or-at-a-time-not-only-when-nobody-comes/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [“Schellenberg had the habit of calling people he didn't like whores, and this term suited him well - and when I think about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/schellenberg-had-the-habit-of-calling-people-he-didn-t-like-whores/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [So what's the most atrocious thing you've seen?" He waved his hand: "Man, of course!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/so-what-s-the-most-atrocious-thing-you-ve-seen-he-waved-his-hand-man/)

[Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/)

> [“I got back into my car and followed the trucks; at the end of the road, the Polizei unloaded the women and children, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/i-got-back-into-my-car-and-followed-the-trucks-at-the-end-of-the-road/)

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