I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there was so much energy in me, such belief that one day I'd be handsome and… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life. — 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
