History Quote by Bernhard Schlink

“Ne ispada li, onda, da je egzistencijalni umor rezultat premalog, a ne prevelikog angažovanja? Postajemo li umorni usled toga što olakšavamo sebi situaciju, a…

— Bernhard Schlink

Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage…

— Bernhard Schlink

“...if something hurts me, the hurts I suffered back then come back to me, and when I feel guilty, the feelings of guilt return;…

— Bernhard Schlink

“The truth of what one says lies in what one does.”

— Bernhard Schlink

“When she had fallen asleep on me, and the saw in the yard was quiet, and a blackbird was singing as the colors of…

— Bernhard Schlink

“To anyone ignorant of history, it would be easy to see ways of life in earlier times simply as ways of life in foreign…

— Bernhard Schlink

“What is it?' 'Nothing,' he said, and put his arm around her. 'You sighed.' 'I'd like to be further along than I am.' She…

— Bernhard Schlink

“But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen…

— Bernhard Schlink

“I wanted to pose myself both tasks - understanding and condemnation. But it was impossible to do both”

— Bernhard Schlink

Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily..

— Bernhard Schlink

“I had no one to point at. Certainly not my parents, because I had nothing to accuse them of. The zeal for letting in…

— Bernhard Schlink

Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk,…

— Bernhard Schlink