Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it?Herta MullerTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it?
“It was only against my mother's will that I attended the preparatory high school in the city. She wanted me to become a seamstress in the village. She knew that if I moved to the city, I would become corrupted. And I was. I started to read books.”Herta MullerAttended
“In writing, one searches, and that is what keeps one writing, that one sees and experiences things from another angle entirely; one experiences oneself during the process of writing.”Herta MullerAngle
“The more words we are allowed to take, the freer we become. If our mouth is banned, then we attempt to assert ourselves through gestures, even objects. They are more difficult to interpret, and take time before they arouse suspicion.”Herta MullerAllowed
“For me, each journey to Romania is also a journey into another time, in which I never knew which events in my life were coincidence and which were staged. This is why I have, in every public statement I have made, demanded access to the secret files kept on me which, under various pretexts, have invariably been denied me.”Herta MullerAnother Time