Herta Muller Quotes

For me, each journey to Romania is also a journey into another time, in which I never knew which events in my life were coincidence and which were staged. This is why I have, in every public statement I have made, demanded access to the secret files kept on me which, under various pretexts, have invariably been denied me.

Herta Muller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 17, 1953

Topics

LifeJourneyTimeMeMy LifeWhy

To these economic refugees, maybe we should tell them, 'We'll call you when we need you.'

Joe Kaeser

YouNeedRefugeesTellEconomic

I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader.

Joe R. Lansdale

PlanLikeSurprisedPlotReader

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

Jesse Jackson

LeadershipChallengeDayMoralMeet

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.

Joey Lauren Adams

LifeRelationshipMeImpossibleShy

Ideally, you will never know that you're seeing a computer-generated car.

John Knoll

CarYouSeeingKnowWillNever

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

Robert Morgan

FamilyStartFindPlaceYoungTake

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

Andy Rooney

LifeHappinessYouMoreHappensHow

Many women are pear-shaped and tend to wear jeans that are too loose. They need to focus on what jeans will re-proportion their body.

Trinny Woodall

WomenFocusBodyWillNeedJeans

When someone says 'Yasss queen!' to me, I turn around and, X-Men style, run through a wall. You'll never hear from me again.

Trixie Mattel

StyleQueenMeSomeoneYouWall

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

Lucy Davis

MyselfI AmHappyMeNightThink

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

Loretta Lynn

BlueFairStateWon

I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.'

Janine Shepherd

LifeDayPeopleYouChoiceDown

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