Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageable. The leaves and the sand are so close, it's as if you might, if you wanted, pull them on over your head. And the lake always laps at the shore so gently, licking the hand you dip into it like a young dog, and the water is soft and shallow.
Everything had kept getting less, they'd had to leave behind more and more baggage, or else it was taken from them, as though they were now too weak … - Jenny Erpenbeck
Everything had kept getting less, they'd had to leave behind more and more baggage, or else it was taken from them, as though they were now too weak …
- Jenny Erpenbeck
Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music. - Jenny Erpenbeck
Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music.
Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageab… - Jenny Erpenbeck
Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageab…
Nothing is nicer than diving with your eyes open. Diving down as far as the shimmering legs of your mother and father who have just come back from sw… - Jenny Erpenbeck
Nothing is nicer than diving with your eyes open. Diving down as far as the shimmering legs of your mother and father who have just come back from sw…
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