Gunter Grass : (3)

" If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle – absolute busyness – then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy – and without consciousness. " - Gunter Grass

" Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early. " - Gunter Grass

" I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. " - Gunter Grass