Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union. Heinrich Boll dictatorshiplifeliterature Change image and share on social
It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes. Heinrich Boll easilylanguagematerial Change image and share on social
The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible. Heinrich Boll personplanresponsible Change image and share on social
No one will ever know how many novels, poems, analyses, confessions, sufferings and joys have been piled up on this continent called Love, without it ever having turned out to be totally investigated. Heinrich Boll analysecallconfession Change image and share on social
We must learn, and especially we Germans, that resistance is not only possible and allowed in dictatorships. There is resistance that man must perform every day. Heinrich Boll allowdaydictatorship Change image and share on social
Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems. Heinrich Boll ideologistphilosopherpolitician Change image and share on social
The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any law and order was the main problem. Heinrich Boll educationgermangermany Change image and share on social
I was born December 21, 1917, in Cologne, on the Rhine, the son of the sculptor and cabinet-maker, Viktor Boell, and his wife, Maria, nee Hermanns. Heinrich Boll bearboellcabinet Change image and share on social
I long for the time of no more departures. It has something to do with age, probably. Heinrich Boll agedeparturelong Change image and share on social