Charlotte Quotes
Charlotte
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Charlotte Quotes
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“Las palabras no siempre necesitan un destino. Se les permite detenerse en las fronteras de las sensaciones.”
― Charlotte
― Charlotte
“Words do not always need a destination.
We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings.
Running around headless in the vague zone.
And that is the privilege of artists: to live in confusion.”
― Charlotte
We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings.
Running around headless in the vague zone.
And that is the privilege of artists: to live in confusion.”
― Charlotte
“Thirteen years separate the death of her mother from that of her aunt.
And another thirteen passed between her mother's death and her grandmother's.
yes, exactly the same time lapse.
And all three died in almost exactly the same way.
A leap into the void.
Death has three different ages.
The girl, the mother, the grandmother.
So no age is worth living.
In the train that rolls toward the camp, Charlotte makes a calculation.
1940 + 13 = 1953.
So 1953 will be the year of her suicide.
If she doesn't die before that.”
― Charlotte
And another thirteen passed between her mother's death and her grandmother's.
yes, exactly the same time lapse.
And all three died in almost exactly the same way.
A leap into the void.
Death has three different ages.
The girl, the mother, the grandmother.
So no age is worth living.
In the train that rolls toward the camp, Charlotte makes a calculation.
1940 + 13 = 1953.
So 1953 will be the year of her suicide.
If she doesn't die before that.”
― Charlotte
“Faced with her mother's mood swings, Charlotte is docile.
She tames her melancholy.
Is this how one becomes an artist?
By growing accustomed to the madness of others?”
― Charlotte
She tames her melancholy.
Is this how one becomes an artist?
By growing accustomed to the madness of others?”
― Charlotte
“Quien está vivo y no puede con la vida necesita una mano que aparte un tanto la desesperación que le infunde su destino. KAFKA”
― Charlotte
― Charlotte
“En mi obra de teatro, yo era todos los personajes.
He aprendido a tirar por todos los caminos.
Y así me convertí en mí misma.”
― Charlotte
He aprendido a tirar por todos los caminos.
Y así me convertí en mí misma.”
― Charlotte
“Pour trouver le sommeil, elle parcours ses souvenirs.
C'est le seul endroit où demeure la tendresse.
[...]
Le yeux fermés, elle voyage à travers la beauté.”
― Charlotte
C'est le seul endroit où demeure la tendresse.
[...]
Le yeux fermés, elle voyage à travers la beauté.”
― Charlotte
“Certains physique ressemble à une question sans réponse.
On sait juste qu'on ne peut pas détourner le regard.
Quand il est là, on ne voit que lui.”
― Charlotte
On sait juste qu'on ne peut pas détourner le regard.
Quand il est là, on ne voit que lui.”
― Charlotte
“Plus rien n'avait d'importance.
C'est tellement rare cette sensation d'être envahi totalement.”
― Charlotte
C'est tellement rare cette sensation d'être envahi totalement.”
― Charlotte
“Le livre que l'on cherche n'est par forcément celui que l'on doit lire.
Il faut regarder celui d'à côté.”
― Charlotte
Il faut regarder celui d'à côté.”
― Charlotte
“Cela fini toujours ainsi, par les souvenirs.
On pourrait croire que tout va s'arranger.”
― Charlotte
On pourrait croire que tout va s'arranger.”
― Charlotte
“She must disappear for a time from the human surface,
And sacrifice everything for this,
To recreate herself from the depths of her world.”
― Charlotte
And sacrifice everything for this,
To recreate herself from the depths of her world.”
― Charlotte
“L'essentiel, c'est que ces mots aient été écrits.
Le reste n'a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nos souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
Le reste n'a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nos souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
“L`essentiel, c`est que ces mots aient été écrits.
Le reste n`a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nos souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
Le reste n`a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nos souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
“L`essentiel, c`est que ces mots aient été écrits.
Le reste n`a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nous souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
Le reste n`a pas d`importance.
Nous ne devons pas laisser de preuves aux chiens.
Il faut ranger nos livres et nous souvenirs en nous.”
― Charlotte
“Today, the men from that meeting are frozen in photographs.
They are immortal, or rather: they must never be forgotten.
The villa has become a place of memorial.
I visited it one gloriously sunny day in July 2004.
You can walk through the horror.
The long table used for the meeting is frightening.
As if the objects had taken part in the crime.
The place with forever be charged with terror.
So this is what it means, when a chill runs down your spine.
I had never understood that expression before.
The physical manifestation of an invisible icy finger.
Tracing the vertebrae in your back.”
― Charlotte
They are immortal, or rather: they must never be forgotten.
The villa has become a place of memorial.
I visited it one gloriously sunny day in July 2004.
You can walk through the horror.
The long table used for the meeting is frightening.
As if the objects had taken part in the crime.
The place with forever be charged with terror.
So this is what it means, when a chill runs down your spine.
I had never understood that expression before.
The physical manifestation of an invisible icy finger.
Tracing the vertebrae in your back.”
― Charlotte
“For years, I took notes.
I pored over her work incessantly.
I quoted or mentioned Charlotte in several of my novels.
I tried to write this book so many times.
But how?
Should I be present?
Should I fictionalize her story?
What form should my obsession take?
I began, I tried, then I gave up.
I couldn't manage to string two sentences together.
At every point, I felt blocked.
Impossible to go on.
It was a physical sensation, an oppression.
I felt the need to move to the next line in order to breathe.
So, I realized that I had to write it like this.”
― Charlotte
I pored over her work incessantly.
I quoted or mentioned Charlotte in several of my novels.
I tried to write this book so many times.
But how?
Should I be present?
Should I fictionalize her story?
What form should my obsession take?
I began, I tried, then I gave up.
I couldn't manage to string two sentences together.
At every point, I felt blocked.
Impossible to go on.
It was a physical sensation, an oppression.
I felt the need to move to the next line in order to breathe.
So, I realized that I had to write it like this.”
― Charlotte
“There are now little brass plaques on the ground outside this address.
These are Stolpersteine.
Tributes to the victims of the Holocaust.
There are many of them in Berlin, especially in Charlottenburg.
They are not easy to spot.
You must walk with your head down, seeking memories between the cobblestones.
In front of 15 Wielandstrasse, three names can be read.
Paula, Albert, and Charlotte.
But on the wall, there is only one commemorative plaque.
The one for Charlotte Salomon.”
― Charlotte
These are Stolpersteine.
Tributes to the victims of the Holocaust.
There are many of them in Berlin, especially in Charlottenburg.
They are not easy to spot.
You must walk with your head down, seeking memories between the cobblestones.
In front of 15 Wielandstrasse, three names can be read.
Paula, Albert, and Charlotte.
But on the wall, there is only one commemorative plaque.
The one for Charlotte Salomon.”
― Charlotte
