“A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.” — Heinrich Böll Black sheep Copy Share Image
A child... never takes time off as a child; time off does not begin until the principles of order have been accepted. — Heinrich Böll Accepted Copy Share Image
As early as December 1945, I accompanied my wife and a few relatives in their return from evacuation in the countryside to… — Heinrich Boll Countryside Copy Share Image
The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any law and order was the… — Heinrich Boll Education Copy Share Image
Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people. — Heinrich Böll Community Copy Share Image
“One would like to know, for most people, being denied reliable telepathic communication, reach for the phone, which they feel is more… — Heinrich Böll Communication Copy Share Image
For me, at least, much of the German I see and hear sounds stranger than Swedish, a language of which I unfortunately… — Heinrich Boll Language Copy Share Image
Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union. — Heinrich Boll Books Copy Share Image
An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass. — Heinrich Böll Art Copy Share Image
Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined. Actually, every word has a great burden of memories, not… — Heinrich Böll Bed Copy Share Image
No one will ever know how many novels, poems, analyses, confessions, sufferings and joys have been piled up on this continent called… — Heinrich Boll Books Copy Share Image
