Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Vice is basically the love of failure.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Seek and you shall find the repulsive things you secretly hope to find.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: Ignorance, Prejudice
I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: Isolation
Stealing isn’t so easy, often it’s hard work, otherwise we’d all be doing it.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: Character
Money never goes out of fashion.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Love points the way. Desire is its ignorant advisor.
—Elfriede Jelinek
The poet is a king in his realm. His is empire of imagination, in which there are unlimited mansions.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: Ignorance, Prejudice, One liners
Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate.
—Elfriede Jelinek
If you are sitting on a felled tree in a pine forest enjoying the sunshine you can easily forget what time it is. Not that you could forget your gold watch, just the time of day.
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: Logic
There are no distinctions at all any more, as far as entertainments are concerned, it’s big and beautiful everywhere where we are. It would be a great help to us, if we could be everywhere at the same time. And here it is already, your entertainment!
—Elfriede Jelinek
Topics: War
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- Nadine Gordimer South African Novelist
- Cynthia Ozick American Novelist, Essayist
- Naomi Wolf American Feminist Writer
- Judy Blume American Author
- Erica Jong American Novelist, Poet
- Howard Zinn American Historian, Activist
- Heinrich Heine German Poet, Writer
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