The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Quotes

“One would like to know, for most people, being denied reliable telepathic communication, reach for the phone, which they feel is more reliable.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

“... she said she would not sign any deposition containing the word "amorous" instead of "advances". For her the difference was of crucial significance, and one of the reasons she had separated from her husband was that he had never been amorous but had consistently made advances.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

“The characters and action in this story are purely fictitious. Should the description of certain journalistic practices result in a resemblance to the practices of Bild-Zeitung, such resemblance is neither intentional, nor fortuitous, but unavoidable.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum