Barbara Honigmann > Quotes

“You always say you're fine, because in reality you remain quite distant from each other, and you can't just say, "Things are terrible. If you only knew how bad I feel today.”
― Barbara Honigmann, A Love Made Out of Nothing & Zohara's Journey

“I reminded myself of a leftover piece of meat that was starting to spoil.”
― Barbara Honigmann, A Love Made Out of Nothing & Zohara's Journey

“I would have used the telephone on the Shabbat even though it's forbidden, and God wouldn't have held it against me because he's probably on my side in this affair.”
― Barbara Honigmann, A Love Made Out of Nothing & Zohara's Journey

“Then I probably fainted. The woman at the registration desk managed to put on a sympathetic expression afterward, as if she wanted to ask, "What are you going to do now?" I told her not to worry, I was really leaving, I was going home.
But go home where? Without my children I no longer had a home.”
― Barbara Honigmann, A Love Made Out of Nothing & Zohara's Journey