Bernhard Schlink

Bravery is good when

Bravery is good when the cause is good. Bernhard Schlink

As an author, you

As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights. Bernhard Schlink

It was more dangerous not to go; I was running the risk of becoming trapped in my own fantasies. So I was doing the right thing by going. She would behave normally, I would behave normally, and everything would be normal again. Bernhard Schlink

It is hard for

It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else. Sometimes all it took was a scene in a movie. This juxtaposition of callousness … Read more

In the past, I

In the past, I had particularly loved her smell. She always smelled freshed, freshly washed or of freshed laundry or fresh sweat or freshly loved Bernhard Schlink

Philosophy has forgotten about

Philosophy has forgotten about children Bernhard Schlink

I asked her about

I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers. Bernhard Schlink

What is law? Is

What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things are to go right? Bernhard Schlink

So I was still

So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal. Bernhard Schlink

Or is there no

Or is there no such thing as ‘too late’? Is there only ‘late’ and is ‘late’ always better than ‘never’? I don’t know. Bernhard Schlink