Suddenly I had a flash of insight: I am a monster, I realized, a monster that wants to stalk through the woods,… — Marlen Haushofer Bears Copy Share Image
I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I… — Marlen Haushofer Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead.” — Marlen Haushofer Life Copy Share Image
“Nobody will be with me when I die. Nobody will touch me, stare at me or press their hot and living fingers… — Marlen Haushofer Death Copy Share Image
“The womanliness of my forties had fallen from me, along with my curls, my little double chin and my rounded hips. At… — Marlen Haushofer Gender Copy Share Image
“Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it's a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against… — Marlen Haushofer Imagination Copy Share Image
External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom. — Marlen Haushofer Freedom Copy Share Image
