Peter Handke quotes

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood. (Peter Handke)
A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one's history, one's past, to stop feeling that one's present happiness is endangered by what one used to be. View quote
Peter Handke
Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal. View quote
Peter Handke
My way of thinking is often so wrong, so untenable, because I think as if I were talking to someone else. View quote
Peter Handke
Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing-and when I read what I've written it looks so calm. View quote
Peter Handke
When the child was a child, it didn't know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one. View quote
Peter Handke
I was angry at her for not being what I wanted. View quote
Peter Handke
I was no longer superficial - I had stopped thinking. View quote
Peter Handke
The main thing:... not to let myself be defined by history, not to take it as an excuse-despise it in those who hide their personal insignificance behind it-and yet know it, in order to understand people and above all to see through them. View quote
Peter Handke
The main thing:... not to let myself be defined by history, not to take it as an excuse-despise it in those who hide their personal insignificance behind it-and yet know it, in order to understand people and above all to see through them (my hatred of history as a refuge for be-nothings). View quote
Peter Handke