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> [“As it was all was lost. He was alive, yes, he was alive, he felt this for the first time. But he knew now that he was living in a prison, that he had to make the best of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/as-it-was-all-was-lost-he-was-alive-yes-he-was-alive-he-felt-this-for/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

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## More by Ingeborg Bachmann

> [If we had the right words, if we had the language, we would need no weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/if-we-had-the-right-words-if-we-had-the-language-we-would-need-no/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [I don't take drugs, I take books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/i-don-t-take-drugs-i-take-books/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [I myself am a person who has never resigned myself, who is absolutely never resigned, who can’t imagine it at all. I simply observe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/i-myself-am-a-person-who-has-never-resigned-myself-who-is-absolutely/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“Nonetheless even in capitulation there is still hope, and this hope of human beings never ends, will never end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/nonetheless-even-in-capitulation-there-is-still-hope-and-this-hope-of/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“If I had not immersed myself in books, in stories and legends, in newspapers, in reports, if everything communicable had not grown up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/if-i-had-not-immersed-myself-in-books-in-stories-and-legends-in/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“...all of this is such a long and dark and untellable story (untellable as all stories are). Meanwhile, one can only hold onto what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/all-of-this-is-such-a-long-and-dark-and-untellable-story-untellable/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“...the simple task of getting dressed and undressed was a real strain, but nothing could compare with her addiction to deep sleep...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/the-simple-task-of-getting-dressed-and-undressed-was-a-real-strain/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/i-am-writing-with-my-burnt-hand-about-the-nature-of-fire/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“Never was there so much magic over things as when you spoke, and never were words so powerful. You could make speech flare up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/never-was-there-so-much-magic-over-things-as-when-you-spoke-and-never/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“Hello! It could only have been Andre, but she replaced the receiver instantly, reaching for the tiny, crumpled scrap of paper and tucking it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/hello-it-could-only-have-been-andre-but-she-replaced-the-receiver/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [Silent night, holy night, when the bough flies from the tree and is hung everywhere, when from tables the crusts fly, when the gifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/silent-night-holy-night-when-the-bough-flies-from-the-tree-and-is/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“My share, it should be lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/my-share-it-should-be-lost/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“I am a dead man who wanders registered nowhere”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/i-am-a-dead-man-who-wanders-registered-nowhere/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“As it was all was lost. He was alive, yes, he was alive, he felt this for the first time. But he knew now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/as-it-was-all-was-lost-he-was-alive-yes-he-was-alive-he-felt-this-for/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

> [“Yaşayacak bir niçin'i bulunan, hemen her nasıla dayanabilir.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingeborg-bachmann/ya-ayacak-bir-ni-in-i-bulunan-hemen-her-nas-la-dayanabilir/)

[Ingeborg Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingeborg-bachmann/)

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