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“ Coldness in everything. It comes from a long way off; it gets into everything. One must get out of the way before it reaches the core. If it does that, one won't feel even the coldness any more. Do you see what I mean? ”

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I've known one thing for a long time: there's a role in the big machine even for someone who makes fun of it.

~ Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf Conformity Destiny Doing Your Part Fatalism Satirist The Machine

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

~ Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf Desire Mythology Possession

The real question is: How sturdy and solid is the floor our civilization stands on? How many lives with no prospects, shattered and senseless, can it bear the weight of before it cracks somewhere or other, splits at the joints?

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Night thoughts have a different color than day thoughts, a different slant, more than anything else they know all the secret paths and chinks in the armor they can take advantage of to force their way into consciousness.

~ Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf Memories Night