Bear Quote by Herta Muller Download Open image “I write in order to bear witness to life.” — Herta Muller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bear I write Life Order Witness Writing
I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I write to invite the voices in, to watch the angel wrestle, to feel the devil gather on its haunches and rise. I write… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“And I’m different without you. You’re the only one who thinks you’re never different.” — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“I wanted to work out a trade with things that aren’t alive but aren’t dead either. I wanted to make an emergency exchange, trading my body for the horizon line above and the dusty roads on the earth below. I wanted to borrow their endurance, exist without my body, and when the worst was over, slip back into my body… — Herta Müller Copy Share
My first book, 'Nadirs,' was very important for me. I'll leave its literary worth for others to judge. But its publication in Berlin in 1984 gave me protection. As did the awards it won. The Romanian secret police could no longer treat me and my friends as though we were completely cut off from the rest of the world. And… — Herta Muller Copy Share
“I'm drawn outside to the empty yard of the afternoon. The wind tosses thin snow that crackles against my neck. With open hunger the angel leads me to the garbage pile behind the mess hall. I stumble after him, trailing a little way behind, dangling from the roof of my mouth. Step after step, I follow my feet, assuming they… — Herta Müller Copy Share
“The cabbage white flies through the tailor's cheek. The tailor sinks his head. The cabbage white flies out of the back of the tailor's… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“The reasaon I'm shy of objects is because I like them. I transfer the thoughts that are against me onto them. Then these thoughts go away, unless I talk about them - just like my wariness of people. Maybe it all collects in your hair. After I separated from my husband, in the quiet days when no one was shouting… — Herta Müller Copy Share
“The gym instructor was the first to raise his hand. All the other hands flew up after his. While raising their hands, everybody looked at the raised hands of the others. If someone's own hand wasn't as high as the others', he would stretch his arms a little farther. People kept their hands up until their fingers grew tired and… — Herta Müller Copy Share
I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished. — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
I looked at Randy White... I looked at Klecko. I looked at Gino Marchetti. I looked at a lot of players. Bob Lilly. There are players I looked at over the years when I was a young player and tried to steal a little bit from their game and fit it into my game. And Joe Klecko was someone I… — Howie Long Copy Share
“Hand in hand they whispered for a while. The girl nodded and the bear laughed. Together, they made their way down the corridor and… — Stephen Craig Copy Share Image
No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing,… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's a bear… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen. — Quvenzhane Wallis Copy Share Image
I will always vote on the side of freedom and our right to keep and bear arms. — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
“Reginald, the dog-bear," I repeated. "Or bear-dog," she reminded me. "That's terrible," I said in mock solemnity. "He's already not sure what he is-… — Stacey Kade Copy Share Image
I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected. — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
