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Anna Funder quotes: But I must say it has been, in general, a boon not to have been a beautiful woman. Because I was barely looked at, I was free to do the

But I must say it has been, in general, a boon not to have been a beautiful woman. Because I was barely looked at, I was free to do the looking.

Anna Funder quotes: My body floated, loose from spent pleasure.

My body floated, loose from spent pleasure.

Anna Funder quotes: It is not widely known that in the end, 65 per cent of the church leaders were informers for us, and the rest of them were under surveillance anyhow.

It is not widely known that in the end, 65 per cent of the church leaders were informers for us, and the rest of them were under surveillance anyhow.

Anna Funder quotes: When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.

When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.

Anna Funder quotes: Hagen Koch: 'There was no other transport. People on bikes could evade checkpoints, they could have secret meetings

Hagen Koch: 'There was no other transport. People on bikes could evade checkpoints, they could have secret meetings

Anna Funder quotes: In August, the Hungarians cut the barbed wire at their border with Austria, creating the first hole in the Eastern Bloc.

In August, the Hungarians cut the barbed wire at their border with Austria, creating the first hole in the Eastern Bloc.

Anna Funder quotes: Can you rework your past, the grit that rubs in you, until it is shiny and smooth as a pearl?

Can you rework your past, the grit that rubs in you, until it is shiny and smooth as a pearl?

Anna Funder quotes: Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her she didn't get back.

Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her she didn't get back.

Anna Funder quotes: The penalties for being an accessory to the attempt to flee the [GDR] were greater than the crime of trying to flee itself.

The penalties for being an accessory to the attempt to flee the [GDR] were greater than the crime of trying to flee itself.

Anna Funder quotes: People were crazy with pain and secrets.

People were crazy with pain and secrets.

Anna Funder quotes: The judge, for instance, who signed the warrant for Charlie's arrest that last time he went into remand is still on the bench.

The judge, for instance, who signed the warrant for Charlie's arrest that last time he went into remand is still on the bench.

Anna Funder quotes: When Hitler came to power I was in the bath.

When Hitler came to power I was in the bath.

Anna Funder quotes: At ground level Alexanderplatz is a monstrous expanse of grey concrete designed to make people feel small. It works.

At ground level Alexanderplatz is a monstrous expanse of grey concrete designed to make people feel small. It works.

Anna Funder quotes: People no longer wanted right or left - they wanted middle-of-the-road.

People no longer wanted right or left - they wanted middle-of-the-road.

Anna Funder quotes: They didn't need as many external rules as we did because they had internalised the standards of decency.

They didn't need as many external rules as we did because they had internalised the standards of decency.

Anna Funder quotes: The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

Anna Funder quotes: Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?

Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?

Anna Funder quotes: Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time.

Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time.

Anna Funder quotes: I am a woman on her way to eat cake.

I am a woman on her way to eat cake.

Anna Funder quotes: Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.

Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.

Anna Funder quotes: Apparently, even in the GDR, sleep deprivation amounted to torture, and torture, at least of minors, was not official policy.

Apparently, even in the GDR, sleep deprivation amounted to torture, and torture, at least of minors, was not official policy.

Anna Funder quotes: Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts.

Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts.

Anna Funder quotes: Laid out upright and end to end, the files the Stasi kept on their countrymen and women would form a line 180 kilometres long.

Laid out upright and end to end, the files the Stasi kept on their countrymen and women would form a line 180 kilometres long.

Anna Funder quotes: In this country any kind of printing was forbidden unless authorised.

In this country any kind of printing was forbidden unless authorised.

Anna Funder quotes: This was perfect dictator-logic: we investigate you, therefore you are an enemy.

This was perfect dictator-logic: we investigate you, therefore you are an enemy.

Anna Funder quotes: Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so.

Anna Funder quotes: Though it is the hardest thing, to work out one's weight and heft in the world, to whittle down all that I am and give it a value.

Though it is the hardest thing, to work out one's weight and heft in the world, to whittle down all that I am and give it a value.

Anna Funder quotes: At least half of what we call hope, I believe, is simply the sense that something can be done. Once,

At least half of what we call hope, I believe, is simply the sense that something can be done. Once,

Anna Funder quotes: There are some people just the thought of whom makes us behave better.

There are some people just the thought of whom makes us behave better.

Anna Funder quotes: But there was also a car - for the GDR an expensive car, a Russian Lada - that

But there was also a car - for the GDR an expensive car, a Russian Lada - that

Anna Funder quotes: One does not remember one's own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us

One does not remember one's own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us