"I thought that if the right time gets……" — Bernhard Schlink
"I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know."
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42 Quotes by Bernhard Schlink
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There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.
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Now to escape involves not just running away, but arriving somewhere.
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