Famous Herta Mller Quotes

  • Windisch closes his eyes. He feels his eyes. He feels his eyeballs in his hands. His eyes without a face. – Herta Mller

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

  • To combat death you don’t need much of a life, just one that isn’t yet finished. – Herta Mller

    To combat death you don’t need much of a life, just one that isn’t yet finished.– Herta Mller

  • He’s looking into the night, in case a shadow comes to listen and look. – Herta Mller

    He’s looking into the night, in case a shadow comes to listen and look.– Herta Mller

  • Silence is also a form of speaking. – Herta Mller

    Silence is also a form of speaking.– Herta Mller

  • Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he’ll be old. The air in the village will be brighter than his naked skin. – Herta Mller

    Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he’ll be old. The air in the village will be brighter than his naked skin.– Herta Mller

  • How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think? – Herta Mller

    How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?– Herta Mller

  • Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn’t honest even with itself. – Herta Mller

    Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn’t honest even with itself.– Herta Mller