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Gunter Grass quotes: So rode the squadrons out against the grey steel foe, adding another dash of red to the sunset glow. So rode the squadrons out against the grey steel foe, adding another dash of red to the sunset glow.
Gunter Grass quotes: Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them. Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.
Gunter Grass quotes: When the young womanleans over the sky,about to water the flowers as well as the weeds,her white front splits openuntil her milk runs. When the young woman
leans over the sky,
about to water the flowers as well as the weeds,
her white front splits open
until her milk runs.
Gunter Grass quotes: In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death. In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death.
Gunter Grass quotes: [To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images. [To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images.
Gunter Grass quotes: What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them? What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them?
Gunter Grass quotes: Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early. Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.
Gunter Grass quotes: You American intellectuals - you want so desperately to feel besieged and persecuted! You American intellectuals - you want so desperately to feel besieged and persecuted!
Gunter Grass quotes: They swore by concrete. They built for eternity. They swore by concrete. They built for eternity.
Gunter Grass quotes: The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.
Gunter Grass quotes: I am not faithful but I am attached. I am not faithful but I am attached.
Gunter Grass quotes: Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery.SHOW YOUR TONGUE Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery.
SHOW YOUR TONGUE
Gunter Grass quotes: And so Yorick did not become a good citizen, but a Hamlet, a fool. And so Yorick did not become a good citizen, but a Hamlet, a fool.
Gunter Grass quotes: Thus my task was destruction. Thus my task was destruction.
Gunter Grass quotes: Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated. Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated.
Gunter Grass quotes: Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere. Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.
Gunter Grass quotes: Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age. Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age.
Gunter Grass quotes: Better start running, the Black Cook's coming! Ha! Ha! Ha! Better start running, the Black Cook's coming! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Gunter Grass quotes: Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper. Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.
Gunter Grass quotes: An empty bus hurtles through the starry nightPerhaps the driver is singingand happy because he sings. An empty bus hurtles through the starry night
Perhaps the driver is singing
and happy because he sings.
Gunter Grass quotes: The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists. The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists.
Gunter Grass quotes: Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin. Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin.
Gunter Grass quotes: It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning. It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.
Gunter Grass quotes: [America is] the land where people find whatever they have lost. [America is] the land where people find whatever they have lost.
Gunter Grass quotes: Homeland is something one becomes aware of only through its loss. Homeland is something one becomes aware of only through its loss.
Gunter Grass quotes: You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be. You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be.
Gunter Grass quotes: Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.
Gunter Grass quotes: I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense. I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.
Gunter Grass quotes: Everything bigger than life attracts a crowd. Everything bigger than life attracts a crowd.
Gunter Grass quotes: There is also such a thing as ersatz happiness, perhaps happiness exists only as an ersatz, perhaps all happiness is an ersatz for happiness. There is also such a thing as ersatz happiness, perhaps happiness exists only as an ersatz, perhaps all happiness is an ersatz for happiness.
Gunter Grass quotes: There must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon. There must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon.
Gunter Grass quotes: I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray. I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.
Gunter Grass quotes: The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected. The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected.
Gunter Grass quotes: I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn. I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.
Gunter Grass quotes: As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things. As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.
Gunter Grass quotes: I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours. I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.
Gunter Grass quotes: Art is hard for a puritan to understand. Art is hard for a puritan to understand.
Gunter Grass quotes: Mahlke couldn't joke. He sometimes tried. But everything he did, touched or said, became solemn, significant, monumental; Mahlke couldn't joke. He sometimes tried. But everything he did, touched or said, became solemn, significant, monumental;
Gunter Grass quotes: Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones. Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.
Gunter Grass quotes: We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.
Gunter Grass quotes: I've always been surrounded by children - never bothered by their noise. I've always been surrounded by children - never bothered by their noise.
Gunter Grass quotes: One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid. One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid.
Gunter Grass quotes: Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes. Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.
Gunter Grass quotes: I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters
Gunter Grass quotes: On sorrow floats laughter. On sorrow floats laughter.
Gunter Grass quotes: Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed? Who can deny that the environment has been destroyed?
Gunter Grass quotes: I expected more from literature than from real, naked life. I expected more from literature than from real, naked life.
Gunter Grass quotes: If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross. If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.
Gunter Grass quotes: How easily the routine of sin establishes itself. How easily the routine of sin establishes itself.
Gunter Grass quotes: Once upon a time there was a musician who slew his four cats, stuffed them in a garbage can, left the building, and went to visit friends. Once upon a time there was a musician who slew his four cats, stuffed them in a garbage can, left the building, and went to visit friends.
Gunter Grass quotes: No idea stays pure. Even the flowering of art isn't pure. And the sun has spots. No idea stays pure. Even the flowering of art isn't pure. And the sun has spots.
Gunter Grass quotes: my incessantly syllable-excreting mind my incessantly syllable-excreting mind
Gunter Grass quotes: An entire gullible nation believed faithfully in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really the Gasman. An entire gullible nation believed faithfully in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really the Gasman.
Gunter Grass quotes: Even bad books are books and therefore sacred. Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.
Gunter Grass quotes: I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains. I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.
Gunter Grass quotes: Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings. Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings.
Gunter Grass quotes: When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while? When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?
Gunter Grass quotes: Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work. Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.
Gunter Grass quotes: Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped. Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped.
Gunter Grass quotes: My pride in Joachim Mahlke was as sweet as chocolate creams. My pride in Joachim Mahlke was as sweet as chocolate creams.
Gunter Grass quotes: Suppose you're teaching math. You assume that parallel lines meet at infinity. You'll admit that adds up to something like transcendence. Suppose you're teaching math. You assume that parallel lines meet at infinity. You'll admit that adds up to something like transcendence.

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