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Quote by Gunter Grass

“In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death.”

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German novelist, poet, playwright, and painter. Known for his unique literary style and profound reflections on German history. His works include 'The Tin Drum' and 'Cat and Mouse', among others. more

“People have always told tales. Long before humanity learned to write and gradually became literate, everybody told tales to everybody else and everybody listened to everybody else's tales. Before long it became clear that some of the still illiterate storytellers told more and better tales than others, that is, they could make more people believe their lies.”

People Writing Believe Long Stills Lying Humanity Clear Tales Storyteller Illiterate

Author:Gunter Grass

“What does a river like the Vistula carry away with it? Everything that goes to pieces: wood, glass, pencils, pacts ... chairs, bones, and sunsets too. What had long been forgotten rose to memory, floating on its back or stomach, with the help of the Vistula.”

Long Doe Helping Memories Pieces Rivers Rose Forgotten Glasses Woods Bones Sunset Chairs Stomach Floating Pencils Pact

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“We dance for the pure joy of it. In the kitchen to the record player. Because we've got it in us. All over ... it's not just in the legs. It comes from inside and runs all through you. In waves. From down below to up above. All the way to the scalp.”

Way Running Joy Records Player Pure Wave Legs Kitchen Over It Pure Joy Record Players

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“What can you say about a guy who lets himself be saddled with a baby when he's thirty-five and losing his hair? Love? Forget about that till you're past seventy, and by then the parts will have stopped working anyway.”

Past Guy Forget Five Hair Baby Losing Thirty Seventies

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“Cemeteries have always had a lure for me. They are well kept, free from ambiguity, logical, virile, and alive. In cemeteries you can summon up courage and arrive at decisions, in cemeteries life takes on distinct contours -- I am not referring to the borders of the graves -- and if you will, a meaning.”

Ifs Wells Decision Alive Graves Borders Logical Ambiguity Cemetery Referring Lure

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“Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped.”

Ifs Explanation Auschwitz

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