Lisel Mueller Quotes

1924–2020

Lisel Mueller (born Elisabeth Neumann, February 8, 1924 – February 21, 2020) was a German-born American poet, translator and academic teacher. Her family fled the Nazi regime, and she arrived in the U.S. in 1939 at the age of 15.

Random Lisel Mueller quote

4 quotes

A Prayer For Rain
...let love be brought to ignorance again.

Dependencies (1965)

In Passing
How swiftly...
...as if what exists, exists
so that it can be lost
and become precious

Alive Together (1996)

Heartland
When did we enter the heartless age? ...

Alive Together (1996)

Happy and Unhappy Families II
In the play, we know what must happen
long before it happens,
and we call it a tragedy.
Here at home, this winter,
we have no name for it.

Alive Together (1996)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lisel Mueller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.