Ilse Aichinger Quotes

May it always cost the head as long as it does not cost the heart

May it always cost the head as long as it does not cost the heart

Ilse Aichinger

Tags: heart

A game lasts 90 minutes. And how long are 90 minutes? How long are they without society? And who bares them?

A game lasts 90 minutes. And how long are 90 minutes? How long are they without society? And who bares them?

Ilse Aichinger

Tags: society

About Author

Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry. She wrote poems, short stories and radio plays, and won multiple European literary prizes.

The distance to the corner shops of childhood becomes unfathomable, immeasurable; the candy bars have changed. And change has changed.

Ilse Aichinger

The distance to the corner shops of childhood becomes unfathomable, immeasurable; the candy bars have changed. And change has changed.

Ilse Aichinger

Tags: aging, childhood, past