"Some people speak and sing and walk and……" — Herta Muller
"Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some say that over time homesickness loses its specific content, that it starts to smolder and only then becomes all-consuming, because it’s no longer focused on a concrete home. I am one of the people who say that."
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18 Quotes by Herta Muller
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Only the demented would not have raised their hands in the great hall. They had exchanged fear for insanity".
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Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.
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I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words.…
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I'm always telling myself I don't have many feelings. Even when something does affect me I'm only moderately moved. I…
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When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.
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If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.
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