W. G. Sebald Quotes

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
W. G. Sebald

It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
W. G. Sebald

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
W. G. Sebald

The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.
W. G. Sebald

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W. G. Sebald Quotes

Type: Writer Quotes Category: German Writer Quotes Date of Birth: May 18, 1944 Date of Death: December 14, 2001 Nationality: German Find on Amazon: W. G. Sebald Related Authors: Anne Frank Alfred Einstein Erich Maria Remarque Thomas Kempis Thomas Mann Denis Johnson Michael Ende Hermann Broch Walter Anderson	A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern. W. G. Sebald It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit. W. G. Sebald People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time. W. G. Sebald The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. W. G. Sebald