Gottfried Benn Quote

My youth is like a scab: under it there is a wound that every day leaks blood. It disfigures me.

Gottfried Benn

My youth is like a scab: under it there is a wound that every day leaks blood. It disfigures me.

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About Gottfried Benn

Gottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.