German - Writer | December 21, 1917 - July 16, 1985
Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.
Heinrich Boll
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Medals don't suit me. I'm not that kind of guy.
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The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any law and order was the main problem.
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I will never forget the moment when I was liberated by the American Army. I will never forget those very young boys coming up the hill, who had to take me a prisoner to liberate me.
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Many writers are radical. I am not, because of my age and because of my terrible fear of demagogy.
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The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.
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Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union.
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