I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are such institutions - must have experienced the desire for self-destruction.
I asked Agamemnon plainly about Iphigenia; he wept. Not as one cries out of pain, but out of fear. Out of weakness. - Christa Wolf
I asked Agamemnon plainly about Iphigenia; he wept. Not as one cries out of pain, but out of fear. Out of weakness.
- Christa Wolf
There are secrets that ravage you, others that make you stronger. - Christa Wolf
There are secrets that ravage you, others that make you stronger.
When we stop hoping, that which we fear will certainly come. - Christa Wolf
When we stop hoping, that which we fear will certainly come.
Now writing is just working your way toward the border that the innermost secret draws around itself, and to cross that line would mean self-destruct… - Christa Wolf
Now writing is just working your way toward the border that the innermost secret draws around itself, and to cross that line would mean self-destruct…
Much later I realized that a person's attitude to pain reveals more about his future than almost any other sign I know. - Christa Wolf
Much later I realized that a person's attitude to pain reveals more about his future than almost any other sign I know.
Between killing and dying there's a third way: live - Christa Wolf
Between killing and dying there's a third way: live
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think? - Christa Wolf
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?
The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun. - Christa Wolf
The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun.
The past is not dead - it isn't even past - Christa Wolf
The past is not dead - it isn't even past
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