"I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak,…"

"Welt, Welt, Schwester Welt"

"The war was still on in January 1945. In their dismay at my being shipped off in the dead of winter to who knows wher…"

"I simply wanted to go to a place that didn't know who I was."

"I don't know if I can't sleep because I am trying to recall the objects, or whether I struggle to recall them because…"

"The real secret is why love starts out with claws like a cat and then fades with time like a half-eaten mouse."

"Perhaps we had to stand so long as to stop the time in motion. Our bones became heavy as iron. When the flesh on your…"

"You go out for a walk and the world opens up for you. And before you’ve even stretched your legs properly, it closes …"

"How can you face the world if all you can say about yourself is that you're hungry. If you can't think of anything else."

"I was my own thief, the words came out of nowhere and caught me."