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Herman Koch quotes: It also has to do with my profession. In my profession, true relaxation is a necessity.

It also has to do with my profession. In my profession, true relaxation is a necessity.

Herman Koch quotes: The stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn't need any help.

The stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn't need any help.

Herman Koch quotes: Without Claire I wouldn't have been nowhere, but I would have been somewhere else.

Without Claire I wouldn't have been nowhere, but I would have been somewhere else.

Herman Koch quotes: We looked at each other. At that moment, I was also a hundred percent sure that Van Dieren and I were thinking the same thing. But he didn

We looked at each other. At that moment, I was also a hundred percent sure that Van Dieren and I were thinking the same thing. But he didn

Herman Koch quotes: Unhappiness loves company. Unhappiness can't stand silence - especially not the uneasy silence that settles in when it is all alone.

Unhappiness loves company. Unhappiness can't stand silence - especially not the uneasy silence that settles in when it is all alone.

Herman Koch quotes: He was, in any case, more intelligent than the moronic heap of compost sitting across the desk from me

He was, in any case, more intelligent than the moronic heap of compost sitting across the desk from me

Herman Koch quotes: Around here, we're as happy as God in France.

Around here, we're as happy as God in France.

Herman Koch quotes: That was how I looked at life sometimes, as a warm meal that was growing cold. I knew I had to eat, or else I would die, but I had

That was how I looked at life sometimes, as a warm meal that was growing cold. I knew I had to eat, or else I would die, but I had lost my appetite.

Herman Koch quotes: Happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn't have to be validated. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way.

Happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn't have to be validated. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way.

Herman Koch quotes: Some people need a kick in the ass, others just need to think less for a couple of hours.

Some people need a kick in the ass, others just need to think less for a couple of hours.

Herman Koch quotes: Paul reveals more about himself than he probably realizes. He isn't too aware of who he really is.

Paul reveals more about himself than he probably realizes. He isn't too aware of who he really is.

Herman Koch quotes: All these heads, I thought. All these heads into which everything disappears.

All these heads, I thought. All these heads into which everything disappears.

Herman Koch quotes: Even when you act like nothing is happening, something happens - I don't know how to put it any more clearly. It's

Even when you act like nothing is happening, something happens - I don't know how to put it any more clearly. It's

Herman Koch quotes: When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.

When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.

Herman Koch quotes: I liked being inside the head of someone who reveals himself unknowingly while he still thinks most people find him sympathetic. DG:

I liked being inside the head of someone who reveals himself unknowingly while he still thinks most people find him sympathetic. DG:

Herman Koch quotes: If I had to give a definition of happiness, it would be this: happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn't have to be validated.

If I had to give a definition of happiness, it would be this: happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn't have to be validated.

Herman Koch quotes: His eyes had something dull about them, expressionless, the bored look of a mediocre intelligence that wrongly supposes it has seen it all before.

His eyes had something dull about them, expressionless, the bored look of a mediocre intelligence that wrongly supposes it has seen it all before.

Herman Koch quotes: A fixed appointment for the immediate future is the gates of hell;

A fixed appointment for the immediate future is the gates of hell;

Herman Koch quotes: There are times when you run back through your life, to see whether you can locate the point at which it could still have taken a different turn.

There are times when you run back through your life, to see whether you can locate the point at which it could still have taken a different turn.

Herman Koch quotes: His honest eyes that had always been so bad at lying.

His honest eyes that had always been so bad at lying.

Herman Koch quotes: It glistens, it gleams, I

It glistens, it gleams, I

Herman Koch quotes: Christ, what an asshole! Babette said.

Christ, what an asshole! Babette said.

Herman Koch quotes: A look says more than words alone. That's a cliche, of course. But a cliche, also says more than words alone.

A look says more than words alone. That's a cliche, of course. But a cliche, also says more than words alone.

Herman Koch quotes: That's the oppressive thing about happiness, the way everything is out on the table like an open book:

That's the oppressive thing about happiness, the way everything is out on the table like an open book:

Herman Koch quotes: Anger made her prettier. Especially her eyes - it was a look that put men to shame.

Anger made her prettier. Especially her eyes - it was a look that put men to shame.