Marlen Haushofer Quotes

“The barriers between animal and human come down very easily. We belong to a single great family, and if we are lonely and unhappy we gladly accept the friendship of our distant relations.”

“The barriers between animal and human come down very easily. We belong to a single great family, and if we are lonely and unhappy we gladly accept the friendship of our distant relations.”

“Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it's a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against them. Sometimes I've even envied them: they have an easier and more pleasant life than everyone else.”

“Но все же во мне живет безумная надежда. Снисходительно посмеиваюсь сама над собой. Ребенком я так же упрямо надеялась, что никогда не умру. Надежда представляется мне слепым кротом, он живет во мне и лелеет безумные планы. Не в силах прогнать его, я вынуждена с ним примириться.”

“Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.”

“I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”

“I've thought about it a hundred times. I even buy bridal magazines sometimes. I want David Tutera to do my wedding.”

“A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.”

“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.”

“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.”

“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”