Time Quote by Jan-Philipp Sendker

“Life, U May told her, is a gift full of riddles in which suffering and happiness are inextricably intertwined. Any attempt to have one…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“Death is not the end of life, but a stage thereof.”

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“What do violent individuals fear most? Violence? I should say not! By what do the cruel and selfish feel most threatened? All of them…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“I’m talking about the organ within us for which we have no name. Let us call it the compass of the heart.”

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“I'm not sure I would put it that way. When we get over something, we move on, we put it behind us. Do we…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“[He taught her] that life is interwoven with suffering. That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“Only a few days earlier he had explained to her that he did not merely read books but traveled with them, that they took…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that we cannot elude death. These are the laws and…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“To forgive, one must love and be loved. Only those who forgive can be free. Whoever forgives is a prisoner no more.”

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“We wish to be loved as we ourselves would love. Any other way makes as uncomfortable. We respond with doubt and suspicion. We misinterpret…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“Not all truths are explicable, Julia," he said. "And not all explicable things are true.”

— Jan-Philipp Sendker

“Who are you? What’s your name?” “Mi Mi.” “Do you hear that thumping noise?” “No.” “It must be here somewhere.” Tin Win knelt down.…

— Jan-Philipp Sendker