"It is hard for me to imagine that……" — Bernhard Schlink
"It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else. Sometimes all it took was a scene in a movie. This juxtaposition of callousness and extreme sensitivity seemed suspicious even to me."
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Bernhard Schlink
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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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