Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.
Gunter GrassI did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit.
Gunter GrassI have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.
Gunter GrassThere must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon.
Gunter Grass