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

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

When we stop hoping, that which we fear will certainly come.

- Christa Wolf

Between killing and dying there's a third way: live

- 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?

- Christa Wolf

The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun.

- Christa Wolf

The past is not dead - it isn't even past

- 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.

- Christa Wolf