Heinrich Böll Quotes

German writer (1917–1985)

Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was a German novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.

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Alternative Names: Heinrich Boll • Heinrich Theodor Böll • Heinrich Theodor Boll

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Er meidet die überaus geschmackvollen offiziellen »Helden«friedhöfe. Warum nur, so denkt er, tun die Deutschen so viel für ihre Toten und so wenig für ihre Lebenden?

He avoids the official "heroes'" cemetery, done in such impeccable taste. (Why, he wonders, do the Germans do so much for their dead and so little for the living?)

Sie muss also zu weit gehen, um herauszufinden, wie weit sie gehen darf.

One ought to go too far, in order to know how far one can go.

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