“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
“Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some say that over time homesickness loses its specific content, that it starts to smolder and only then becomes all-consuming, because it’s no longer focused on a concrete home. I am one of the people who say that.” PeopleLongHomeSpeakLosesSleepWalksSilenceLong TimeFocusedConcreteConsumingHomesickness Author:Herta Muller
