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Peter Handke Quotes

born 1942 Austria

Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.

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Also known as: Handke

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I was no longer superficial — I had stopped thinking.

Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing—and when I read what I’ve written it looks so calm.

My way of thinking is often so wrong, so untenable, because I think as if I were talking to someone else.

A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be.

Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal.

I was angry at her for not being what I wanted.

Attribution

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