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“Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“I wanted love to grow back, like the grass when it鈥檚 mown down. To grow differently, if need be, like children鈥檚 teeth, like hair, like fingernails. To spring up at will, wild and untended. The chill of the sheets made me shudder, and so did the warmth that followed when I lay down.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“No cities can grow in a dictatorship, because everything stays small when it鈥檚 being watched.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“At a time I used to think that in a world without guards people would walk differently from the way we do in our country. Where people are allowed to think and write differently, I thought, they will also walk differently.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Only the demented would not have raised their hands in the great hall. They had exchanged fear for insanity".”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“We laughed a lot, to hide it from each other. But fear always finds an out. If you control your face, it slips into your voice. If you manage to keep a grip on your face and your voice, as if they were dead wood, it will slip out through your fingers. It will pass through your skin and lie there. You can see it lying around on objects close by.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Heute geht es mir besser, ich bin fast ein Mensch.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Occasionally a yellow leaf fell from the tree. Then one or the other of us would turn up his eyes as though to see the leaf fall once again. We didn鈥檛 wait for the next leaf, which fell a little later. Out eyes lacked the patience. We didn鈥檛 commit ourselves to leaves. Only to flying splashes of yellow that distracted our faces from one another鈥檚”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Ich wusste nicht, wie das Licht verschwindet, obwohl ich eine ganze Stunde hinsah. Er sagte, es g盲be Sachen, die eben nicht in die Augen gehen.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“How do you have to live, I wondered, to be in harmony with what you honestly think?”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“丕匕丕 氐賲鬲賳丕 賳賮乇 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 賲賳丕貙 賵丕匕丕 鬲賰賱賲賳丕 囟丨賰賵丕 毓賱賷賳丕”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn't honest even with itself.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Das Kind redet weiter. Beim Reden bleibt etwas auf der Zunge liegen. Das Kind denkt sich, es kann nur die Wahrheit sein, die sich auf die Zunge liegt wie ein Kirschkern, der nicht in den Hals fallen will. Solange die Stimme beim Reden ins Ohr steigt, wartet sie auf die Wahrheit. Aber gleich nach dem Schweigen, denkt sich das Kind, ist alles gelogen, weil die Wahrheit in den Hals gefallen ist.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“乇丕賴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 亘賴 爻賵乇蹖 卮賴乇 乇丕 丿乇 倬蹖卮 诏乇賮鬲. 賵賯鬲蹖 讴爻蹖 噩丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖 乇賮鬲賳 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 爻乇鬲丕爻乇 卮賴乇 丿賵乇卮 丨賱賯賴 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“賯賮賱 趩賲丿丕賳貙 丿乇賵睾蹖 亘蹖卮 賳亘賵丿. 丿乇 賲賲賱讴鬲 賴賲丕賳鈥屬傌� 讴賱蹖丿 賲卮丕亘賴 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 賴賲爻丕賳. 賴乇 讴賱蹖丿蹖 蹖讴 丿乇賵睾 亘賵丿.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“禺賳丿賴鈥屬囏й屬呚з� 鬲賱禺 亘賵丿. 賲丕 丕夭 丌賳 亘乇丕蹖 賳賯亘 夭丿賳 亘賴 丿乇丿賴丕蹖賲丕賳 爻賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫池屬�. 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀池屬� 趩诏賵賳賴 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 乇丕 亘蹖丕夭丕乇蹖賲 賵 丕夭 丿乇丿 賵 乇賳噩 賴賲 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇蹖賲貨 丕夭 丨爻丕爻 禺乇丿 卮丿賳 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 丿乇 賱賵丕蹖 毓卮賯蹖 禺卮賳貙 賵 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 趩賯丿乇 亘蹖鈥屫坟з傌� 賴爻鬲蹖賲 賴乇 賳丕爻夭丕 賲丕賳賳丿賴 丿丕賳賴鈥屬囏й� 鬲爻亘蹖丨 亘賴 賳丕爻夭丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀з呟屫� 鬲丕 丌賳讴賴 賯乇亘丕賳蹖 丿賲 賮乇賵賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ池�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“锘粭锖橈 锖筹酣锘 锘э护锆� 锂旓划锆撅锘⒇�
锘忥锖粭锖庯簯锘� 锖楋氦锘わ粸 锘o 锖凤划锆撅虎
锘� 锖侊户锂曪簬锘� 锂愶华 锖簯锖庯互 锘o 锂旓焊锖庯锆匡虎貙
锖嶏函 锖э划锖� 锖╋粺锘橈畱锆� 锘o 锖筹簬锖锘�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
锘忥锖粭锖庯簯锘� 锖楋氦锘わ粸 锘o 锖凤划锆撅虎
锘� 锖侊户锂曪簬锘� 锂愶华 锖簯锖庯互 锘o 锂旓焊锖庯锆匡虎貙
锖嶏函 锖э划锖� 锖╋粺锘橈畱锆� 锘o 锖筹簬锖锘�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
“In der Fabrik hing oben am Giebel, der am h枚chsten in den Himmel und am tiefsten in den Hof schaute, eine Losung:
Proletarier aller L盲nder vereinigt euch.
Und unten auf dem Boden gingen Schuhe, die das Land nur in der Flucht verlassen durften.”
― The Land of Green Plums
Proletarier aller L盲nder vereinigt euch.
Und unten auf dem Boden gingen Schuhe, die das Land nur in der Flucht verlassen durften.”
― The Land of Green Plums
“The gym instructor was the first to raise his hand. All the other hands flew up after his. While raising their hands, everybody looked at the raised hands of the others. If someone's own hand wasn't as high as the others', he would stretch his arms a little farther. People kept their hands up until their fingers grew tired and started to droop and their elbows began to feel heavy and pull downward. Everyone looked around, and since no one else's arm was lowered, they straightened their fingers again and extended their elbows. Sweat stains showed under the arms; shirts and blouses came untucked. Necks were stretched, ears turned red, lips parted and stayed half-open. Heads kept still, while eyes slid from side to side.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Lola writes in her notebook: Leaf-fleas are even worse. Someone said, They don't bite people, because people don't have leaves. Lola writes, When the sun is beating down, they bite everything, even the wind. And we all have leaves. Leaves fall off when you stop growing, because childhood is all gone. And they grow back when you shrivel up, because love is all gone. Leaves spring up at will, writes Lola, just like tall grass. Two or three children in the village don't have any leaves, and those have a big childhood. A child like that is an only child, because it has a father and a mother who have been to school. The leaf-fleas turn older children into younger ones - a four-year-old into a three-year-old, a three-year-old into a one-year-old. Even a six-months-old, writes Lola, and even a newborn. And the more little brothers and sisters the leaf-fleas make, the smaller the childhood becomes.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“Mein Vater, sagte Georg, hat das Fahrrad zum Bahnhof mitgenommen, damit er auf dem Hinweg nicht so nahe neben mir gehen muss und auf dem R眉ckweg nicht an seinen H盲nden sp眉rt, dass er allein nach Hause geht.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“丿乇 丌賳 夭賲丕賳 亘丕賵乇 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 丿乇 蹖讴 噩賴丕賳 亘丿賵賳 倬丕爻丿丕乇 賲乇丿賲 賲孬賱 讴卮賵乇 賲丕 乇丕賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 賲乇丿賲 賲噩丕夭賳丿 賴乇 胤賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐嗀� 賮讴乇 讴賳賳丿.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 丌丿賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳丿貙 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲孬賱 丿賵丿 亘賴 丿乇賵賳 匕賴賳 賲蹖鈥屫藏�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“賲賳 亘賴 丌賳 丿爻鬲 夭丿賲貙 丿爻鬲丕賳賲 丌賳 乇丕 倬賳噩乇賴鈥屫й� 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 蹖丕賮鬲賳丿貙 亘丕夭 讴乇丿賳 賵 亘爻鬲賳 丌賳 賲卮讴賱鈥屫� 丕夭 亘丕夭 賵 亘爻鬲賴 讴乇丿賳 趩卮賲丕賳賲 賳亘賵丿. 倬賳噩乇賴 賵丕賯毓蹖 亘丕蹖丿 鬲賵蹖 賴賲蹖賳 诏賵乇 亘丕卮丿.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“鬲賳賴丕 讴爻丕賳蹖 讴賴 賯氐丿 賮乇丕乇 賳丿丕卮鬲賳丿 丿蹖讴鬲丕鬲賵乇 賵 倬丕爻丿丕乇丕賳卮 亘賵丿賳丿. 丿乇 趩卮賲丕賳 賵 丿爻鬲丕賳 賵 賱亘丕賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫屫� 讴賴 丕賲乇賵夭 賵 賮乇丿丕 賵 倬爻蹖賳鈥屬佖必� 亘丕 诏賱賵賱賴 賵 爻诏貙 诏賵乇爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 亘乇 倬丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“賲丕 賴乇乇賵夭 賴賲丿蹖诏乇 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫屫屬呚� 丿賵乇 蹖讴 賲蹖夭 賲蹖鈥屬嗀簇池屬呚� 丕賲丕 鬲乇爻 丿爻鬲 丕夭爻乇賲丕賳 亘乇賳賲蹖鈥屫ж簇� 诏賵蹖蹖 賲丕 禺賵丿賲丕賳 鬲乇爻 乇丕 丿爻鬲蹖鈥屫池� 亘賴 賲丨賱 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必屬�. 亘乇丕蹖 倬賳賴丕賳 讴乇丿賳 丌賳 丕夭 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇貙 丿丕卅賲 賲蹖鈥屫嗀屫� 丕賲丕 鬲乇爻 賴賲蹖卮賴 亘乇丕蹖 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 禺賵丿 乇丕賴 禺乇賵噩蹖 賲蹖鈥屰屫з佖�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“亘丕賳賵蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴鈥屬傌� 賲蹖鈥屫促嗀ж� 讴賴 讴乇 賵 賱丕賱 亘賵丿貙聽 丕賵 亘丕 禺賵乇丿賳 倬爻賲丕賳丿賴鈥屬囏й� 丿讴丕賳 賲蹖賵賴鈥屬佖辟堌篡� 卮讴賲 禺賵丿 乇丕 爻蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�. 賲乇丿丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 卮蹖賮鬲 卮亘 讴丕乇禺丕賳賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 賴乇爻丕賱 亘趩賴鈥屫й� 丿乇 卮讴賲卮 賲蹖鈥屭┴ж簇嗀�. 賲蹖丿丕賳 鬲丕乇蹖讴 亘賵丿. 亘丕賳賵蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴鈥屬傌� 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘賴鈥屬呝堎傌� 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿貙 趩賵賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 氐丿丕蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴 卮丿賳 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘卮賳賵丿. 丕賵 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 賮乇蹖丕丿 亘夭賳丿貙 趩賵賳 氐丿丕 丿乇 诏賱賵蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屬呚必�.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums