Killing Stella Quotes

“No one is a stricter guardian of morality than the secret lawbreaker, for it is clear to them that humanity would crumble and perish if everyone lived as they did.”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“Of course I could also think about the future, but I never do that. It will come without any intervention from me and in some strange way the future will turn us into something that we never wanted to be. Every minute, every second transforms us further from ourselves.”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“My law was the unimpeachability of life”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“Richard is a born traitor. Equipped with a body that grants him constant pleasure”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“Something must have happened to me years ago; since then I don’t think I’ve been able to tolerate the idea that”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“Both of them”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“Luise is my friend”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“A woman over thirty needs to be able to stop suffering”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“I read somewhere that you can get used to anything”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella

“The act of salvation is never performed, because anyone with the strength to carry it out is unaware that they must do it, and the knowing person is incapable of action”
― Marlen Haushofer, Killing Stella