--- title: "3 Ágota Kristóf Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Hungarian Swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright (1935–2011)... | Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/gota-krist-f-40166_desire_i-had-only-one-desire-to-leave-to-walk-t_1212056.jpg" --- # Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011) Writer **3** quotes in **3** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ágota Kristóf was a writer. ## Quick Facts About Ágota Kristóf Born October 30, 1935 Died July 27, 2011 Profession Writer ## About Ágota Kristóf Hungarian Swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright (1935–2011)... \| Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier. It was followed by two sequels which are collectively The Notebook Trilogy. She won the 2001 Gottfried Kel ## Quotes by Ágota Kristóf > [“I had only one desire: to leave, to walk, to die, whatever. I wanted to get away, never come back, disappear, melt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gota-krist-f/i-had-only-one-desire-to-leave-to-walk-to-die-whatever-i-wanted-to/) [Ágota Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gota-krist-f/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/gota-krist-f-40166_desire_i-had-only-one-desire-to-leave-to-walk-t_1212056.jpg) > [“You don't want to fight the enemy anymore?" "I don't want to fight anyone. I have no enemies. I want to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gota-krist-f/you-don-t-want-to-fight-the-enemy-anymore-i-don-t-want-to-fight/) [Ágota Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gota-krist-f/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/gota-krist-f-40166_war_you-don-t-want-to-fight-the-enemy-anymor_1837254.jpg) > [“I answer that I try to write true stories but that at a given point the story becomes unbearable because of it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gota-krist-f/i-answer-that-i-try-to-write-true-stories-but-that-at-a-given-point/) [Ágota Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gota-krist-f/) [Writing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/gota-krist-f-40166_writing_i-answer-that-i-try-to-write-true-storie_3184224.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gota-krist-f/#itemlist", "name": "Ágota Kristóf Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had only one desire: to leave, to walk, to die, whatever. 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