The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter that has been fully formed and pushed aside, but absolutely present and alive. I understand this. Nonetheless, I sometimes find it hard to bear.


The Reader (ed. Vintage, 2001) - ISBN: 9780375726972

Bernhard Schlink Quotes

The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter...

The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter...

The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter...

The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter...