Author: W. G. Sebald

Quotes

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

- W. G. Sebald

I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.

I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.

- W. G. Sebald

The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.

The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.

- W. G. Sebald

In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.

In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.

- W. G. Sebald

I don't want to talk about my trials and tribulations. Once you reveal even part of what your real problems might be in life, they come back in a deformed way.

I don't want to talk about my trials and tribulations. Once you reveal even part of what your real problems might be in life, they come back in a deformed way.

- W. G. Sebald

Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.

Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.

- W. G. Sebald

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