The Passport Quotes

“He's looking into the night, in case a shadow comes to listen and look.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“The cabbage white flies through the tailor's cheek. The tailor sinks his head. The cabbage white flies out of the back of the tailor's head, white and uncrumpled. Skinny Wilma flaps her handkerchief. The cabbage white flies through her forehead and into her head.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“Jesus sleeps on the cross by the church door. When he wakes up, he'll be old. The air in the village will be brighter than his naked skin.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“Before the war an apple tree had stood behind the church. It was an apple tree that ate its own apples.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“Windisch hears a leaf on the stones in the hallway. It's scratching on the stones. The wall is long and white. Windisch closes his eyes. He feels the wall growing on his face. The lime burns his forehead. A stone in the lime opens its mouth. The apple tree trembles. Its leaves are ears. They listen. The apple tree drenches its green apples.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“Windisch piensa: "el final está aquí". Desde que se propuso emigrar ve el final en todos los rincones del pueblo. Y el tiempo detenido para los que quieren quedarse.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“The soldiers lie in the grey morning. Thickets separate them. They are on manoeuvres. They are at war with their hands, their eyes, their foreheads.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport

“Windisch closes his eyes. He feels his eyes. He feels his eyeballs in his hands. His eyes without a face.”
― Herta Müller, The Passport