Werk
Clock Without Hands
Carson McCullers
Das Herz ist ein einsamer Jäger
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers Berühmte Zitate
„Der Tod bleibt immer gleich, doch jeder Mensch stirbt seinen eigenen Tod.“
Uhr ohne Zeiger. Deutsch von Elisabeth Schnack (1899-1972), Diogenes Zürich 1963. Erster Satz des Romans.
Original englisch: "Death is always the same, but each man dies in his own way." - Clock Without Hands. Novel. Houghton Mifflin 1961. Erster Satz des Romans. books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=w05jljwvk_UC&pg=PT6
„Eine Garnison in Friedenszeiten ist ein langweiliger Ort.“
Spiegelbild im goldenen Auge (ursprünglich 1958: Der Soldat und die Lady). Deutsch von Richard Möring (1894-1974). Diogenes 2013, S.7 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=JuhsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT5.
Original englisch: "An army post in peacetime is a dull place." - Reflections in a Golden Eye. Novel (1941). Der erste Satz des Romans. books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=4UK4N31nMzAC&q=peacetime
„Solange ich glücklich war, war ich ein ganz guter Mensch.“
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
Carson McCullers: Zitate auf Englisch
“Next to music, beer was best.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Variante: The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.”
Quelle: The Square Root of Wonderful
“The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.”
Quelle: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
“I´m a stranger in a strange land.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“When a person knows and can't
make the others understand, what does he do?”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“All we can do is go around telling the truth.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick?”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall.”
Quelle: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
“Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.”
Quelle: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
“The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen.”
Quelle: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
