Status Updates From Der Fall

“Well, God’s sole usefulness would be to guarantee innocence, and I am inclined to see religion rather as a huge laundering venture…”

“I’ll tell you a big secret, mom cher. Don’t wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day.”

“Moreover, we cannot assert the innocence of anyone, whereas we can state with certainty the guilt of all.”

Ich fand das Buch auf englisch schwer, auf deutsch dann auch - welp ich war zu dumm für dieses Buch nach einer extrem langen Lesepause😭🫩

“Yet maybe there was a more serious reason for those little jokes. I wanted to upset the game and above all to destroy that flattering reputation, the thought of which threw me into a rage. "A man like you..” people would say sweetly, and I would blanch.”

“To be sure, I occasionally pretended to take life seriously. But very soon the frivolity of seriousness struck me and I merely went on playing my role as well as I could.”