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> [“. . .because we had survived sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, we discovered bones that rose from the dark earth and sang as white birds in the trees Because the story of our life becomes our life Because each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/because-we-had-survived-sisters-and-brothers-daughters-and-sons-we/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

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## More by Lisel Mueller

> [“What can I say to convince you the Houses of Parliament dissolve night after night to become the fluid dream of the Thames? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-can-i-say-to-convince-you-the-houses-of-parliament-dissolve/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/i-am-imprinted-with-the-whole-sense-of-european-history-especially/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/poetry-for-me-is-the-answer-to-how-does-one-stay-sane-when-private/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg, because English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/when-i-was-in-college-i-did-do-some-writing-of-poetry-somewhat/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-luxury-to-be-so-happy-that-we-can-grieve-over-imaginary-lives/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“By the time I arrive at evening, / they have just settled down to rest; / already invisible, they are turning / into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/by-the-time-i-arrive-at-evening-they-have-just-settled-down-to-rest/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/everything-is-autobiography-even-if-one-writes-something-that-is/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“Late Hours" On summer nights the world moves within earshot on the interstate with its swish and growl, and occasional siren that sends chills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/late-hours-on-summer-nights-the-world-moves-within-earshot-on-the/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the table four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-among-the-things-so-we-gave/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“I will not return to a universe of objects that do not know each other, as if islands were not the long lost children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/i-will-not-return-to-a-universe-of-objects-that-do-not-know-each/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“I search the language for a word to tell you how red is red.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/i-search-the-language-for-a-word-to-tell-you-how-red-is-red/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“Someone was always leaving and never coming back. The wooden houses wait like old wives along this road; they are everywhere, abandoned, leaning, turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/someone-was-always-leaving-and-never-coming-back-the-wooden-houses/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [“What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the table four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-among-the-things-so-we-gave-2/)

[Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/)

> [How swiftly the strained honey of afternoon light flows into darkness and the closed bud shrugs off its special mystery in order to break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/how-swiftly-the-strained-honey-of-afternoon-light-flows-into-darkness/)

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> [“Whatever was bound to happen in my story did not happen. But I know there are rules that cannot be broken. Perhaps a name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/whatever-was-bound-to-happen-in-my-story-did-not-happen-but-i-know/)

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