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Bernhard Schlink Quotes

I could never stop comparing the way it was with Gertrud and the way it had been with Hanna; again and again, Gertrud and I would hold each other, and I would feel that something was wrong, that she w...

Bernhard Schlink

I could never stop comparing the way it was with Gertrud and the way it had been with Hanna; again and again, Gertrud and I would hold each other, and I would feel that something was wrong, that she w...

Tags: desire, longing, love, passion

Did my moral upbrining somehow turn against itself? If looking at someone with desire was as bad as satisfying the desire, if having an active fantasy was as bad as the act you were fantasizing- then...

Bernhard Schlink

Did my moral upbrining somehow turn against itself? If looking at someone with desire was as bad as satisfying the desire, if having an active fantasy was as bad as the act you were fantasizing- then...

Tags: desire, sin

About Author
Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize.

They waited awhile before lighting the candles; the gloom allowed the past to slip cozily into the present. But the memories were of a time that was gone and didn't overshadow the present. But the mem...

Bernhard Schlink

They waited awhile before lighting the candles; the gloom allowed the past to slip cozily into the present. But the memories were of a time that was gone and didn't overshadow the present. But the mem...

Tags: memories, old friends, youth

We make our own truths and lies....Truths are often lies and lies truths...

Bernhard Schlink

We make our own truths and lies....Truths are often lies and lies truths...

Tags: inspiration

Philosophy has forgotten about children

Bernhard Schlink

Philosophy has forgotten about children

Tags: children, inspirational, philosophical

Why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?

Bernhard Schlink

why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?

Tags: lies

As I looked and looked, the living face became visible in the dead, the young in the old. This is what must happen to old married couples, I thought: the young man is preserved in the old one for her,...

Bernhard Schlink

As I looked and looked, the living face became visible in the dead, the young in the old. This is what must happen to old married couples, I thought: the young man is preserved in the old one for her,...

Tags: romantic

I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.

Bernhard Schlink

I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.

Tags: experience, me, escape