Eurotrash Quotes

“Nur wer vor 1789 gelebt hat, weiss, wie angenehm das Leben sein kann”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Did you know that we are being described right now in a book, like in Cervantes?” she asked. “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.” “Yes. But they are imaginary characters. We’re real.” “How can we be both real and imaginary at the same time?” “Stick out your hand.” “I’d rather not.” “Oh, don’t be so skittish. Go ahead,” she said. I held out my open hand. And she pricked me in the palm with her fork. “Ouch.” “You see? You’re real.”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Danse Macabre in Poland lay henceforth on my grandfather’s end table, beside the bottle of egg liqueur and the two tiny crystal glasses, next to the worn leather wingback chair in which my grandfather himself sat, his snow white hair combed back severely, his hands folded calmly before him, humming an old melody which only he remembered — the one about wild geese that sweep through the night sky, in which the world is full of murder — while he, my grandfather, patiently awaited the sonorous gong on television that signaled the start of the evening news.”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“It had become a valley of absurdities, my homeland.”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Alles was nicht ins Bewusstsein steigt, kommt als Schicksal zurück”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Ich hatte immer gelebt in den Träumen, in den Gespenstern der Sprache”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Should one ever succeed in interrupting the cycle of history, one could influence not only the future but the past as well.”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash

“Du siehst es ja an uns beiden, wie schwierig es ist, nein, wie unmöglich es ist, seine eigenen Eltern mit der Wahrheit zu konfrontieren. Und dann das Ganze einigermassen anständig hinter sich zu lassen.”
― Christian Kracht, Eurotrash