Heinrich Böll Quote

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

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

Heinrich Böll

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

Heinrich Böll

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

Heinrich Böll

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

Heinrich Böll

Courtesy is actually the most effective form of contempt.

Heinrich Böll

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

Heinrich Böll