Quotes by : Herta Müller

I'm always telling myself I don't have many feelings. Even when something does affect me I'm only moderately....

Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he'll be old. The air in the village....

The Russian commands sound like the name of the camp commandant. Shishtvanyanov: a gnashing and spluttering....

I was all too aware that there's an unspoken law that you should never start to cry if you have too many....

Tereza's death hurt me so much, it was as if I had two heads smashing into each other. One was full of....

Silence is also a form of speaking. They’re exactly alike. It’s a basic component of language. We’re....

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

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

No words are adequate for the suffering caused by hunger. To this day I have to show hunger that I escaped....

I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words.....