Heinrich Böll Quotes

Atheists bore me: they're always talking about God.

Being an adult means forgetting how often we have felt disconsolate as children.

One has to go very far, to know how far one can go.

Perhaps I was realizing what the working world meant: doing things without having the desire to do them.

Courtesy is actually the most effective form of contempt.

It is seen that integrity, combined with methodical intelligence, is not desired anywhere, not even in prisons or administration.

A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.