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.”

“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.”