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Peter Handke
6 quotes
“A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be.”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My way of thinking is often so wrong, so untenable, because I think as if I were talking to someone else.”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The main thing:... not to let myself be defined by history, not to take it as an excuse—despise it in those who hide their personal insignificance behind it—and yet know it, in order to understand people and above all to see through them (my hatred of history as a refuge for be-nothings).”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was angry at her for not being what I wanted.”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing—and when I read what I’ve written it looks so calm.”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal.”
Peter Handke (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source