Wolfgang Borchert Quotes

#1. A man dies ... only a few circles in the water prove that he was ever there. And even they quickly disappear. And when they're gone, he's forgotten, without a trace, as if he'd never even existed. And that's all.

Wolfgang Borchert

#2. Then she saw him stop and wipe his brow with his handkerchief. Once, twice. And then once again. But she did not see the grin of relief spread over his face. That she did not see because her eyes had filled with tears. And the geraniums, they were just as sad. In any case, that's how they smelled.

Wolfgang Borchert

#3. People who stand near the water in the darkness are either lovers or poets. Or else ... one of that great gray number who've simply had it
who throw in their hand and won't play anymore.

Wolfgang Borchert

#4. I've got a deep dark suspicion that pretty soon we should start looking around for another planet for ourselves.

Wolfgang Borchert

#5. Truth will only make you unpopular.

Wolfgang Borchert