“What can be said about chronic hunger. Perhaps that there's a hunger that can make you sick with hunger. That it comes in addition to the hunger you already feel. That there is a hunger which is always new, which grows insatiably, which pounces on the never-ending old hunger that already took such effort to tame. How can you face the world if all you can say about yourself is that you're hungry.” IfsWorldFeelsSaidFacesGrowsEffortSickHungerHungryAbout YourselfNever Ending Author:Herta Muller
“If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.” IfsNeedsMightRiskThreatSpyFriend In Need Author:Herta Muller
“Everyday brought me further away from other people, I had been placed out of the world's sight, as if in a cupboard, and I hoped it would stay that way. I developed a yearning for being alone, unkempt, untended.” PeopleIfsWorldWaySightEverydayYearningCupboards Author:Herta Muller
“If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.” IfsPersonsCountryWould BeAbleRight Person Author:Herta Muller
