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Herta Muller quotes: The soldiers lie in the grey morning. Thickets separate them. They are on manoeuvres. They are at war with their hands, their eyes, their foreheads.

The soldiers lie in the grey morning. Thickets separate them. They are on manoeuvres. They are at war with their hands, their eyes, their foreheads.

Herta Muller quotes: Every shift is a work of art.

Every shift is a work of art.

Herta Muller quotes: Before the war an apple tree had stood behind the church. It was an apple tree that ate its own apples.

Before the war an apple tree had stood behind the church. It was an apple tree that ate its own apples.

Herta Muller quotes: I never wanted to be a writer.

I never wanted to be a writer.

Herta Muller quotes: Then you go on talking, about something you never actually mention. And your forehead and mouth are as far apart as they can be.

Then you go on talking, about something you never actually mention. And your forehead and mouth are as far apart as they can be.

Herta Muller quotes: What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

Herta Muller quotes: When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.

When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.

Herta Muller quotes: Hunger is an object.

Hunger is an object.

Herta Muller quotes: Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it?

Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it?

Herta Muller quotes: In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear.

In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear.

Herta Muller quotes: Windisch closes his eyes. He feels his eyes. He feels his eyeballs in his hands. His eyes without a face.

Windisch closes his eyes. He feels his eyes. He feels his eyeballs in his hands. His eyes without a face.

Herta Muller quotes: Who can take a single step with his head?

Who can take a single step with his head?

Herta Muller quotes: To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

Herta Muller quotes: No cities can grow in a dictatorship, because everything stays small when it's being watched.

No cities can grow in a dictatorship, because everything stays small when it's being watched.

Herta Muller quotes: Hunger is not an object.

Hunger is not an object.

Herta Muller quotes: Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.

Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.

Herta Muller quotes: Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

Herta Muller quotes: Sand can be any shade of yellow, from peroxide blond to canary, or even with a tinge of pink. Yellow sand is tender.

Sand can be any shade of yellow, from peroxide blond to canary, or even with a tinge of pink.
Yellow sand is tender.

Herta Muller quotes: Language is so different from life. How am I supposed to fit the one into the other? How can I bring them together?

Language is so different from life. How am I supposed to fit the one into the other? How can I bring them together?

Herta Muller quotes: Only the demented would not have raised their hands in the great hall. They had exchanged fear for insanity.

Only the demented would not have raised their hands in the great hall. They had exchanged fear for insanity.

Herta Muller quotes: Better to be at home in room and garden with ugly people than belong to strangers.

Better to be at home in room and garden with ugly people than belong to strangers.

Herta Muller quotes: I've always had just enough sense to spare others, but never enough to save myself from misfortune.

I've always had just enough sense to spare others, but never enough to save myself from misfortune.

Herta Muller quotes: He's looking into the night, in case a shadow comes to listen and look.

He's looking into the night, in case a shadow comes to listen and look.

Herta Muller quotes: If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

Herta Muller quotes: If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.

If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.

Herta Muller quotes: Silence is also a form of speaking.

Silence is also a form of speaking.

Herta Muller quotes: The summer is cruel to its leaves, the fall to its colors, the winter to us.

The summer is cruel to its leaves, the fall to its colors, the winter to us.

Herta Muller quotes: I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.

I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.

Herta Muller quotes: Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn't honest even with itself.

Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn't honest even with itself.

Herta Muller quotes: I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

Herta Muller quotes: In the trinity of skin, bones, and brown water, men and women lose all difference.

In the trinity of skin, bones, and brown water, men and women lose all difference.

Herta Muller quotes: How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?

How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?

Herta Muller quotes: In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.

In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.

Herta Muller quotes: Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.

Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.

Herta Muller quotes: Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he'll be old. The air in the village will be brighter than his naked skin.

Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he'll be old. The air in the village will be brighter than his naked skin.