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Famous Herta Muller Quotes
“I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.”
“If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.”
“In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.”
“Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.”
“Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.”
“When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.”
“If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.”
“To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.”
“In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear.”