Peter Bieri (author) Quote

In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of others is my safety and my freedom.


Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel (ed. 2008)


In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to...

In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to...

In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to...

In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to...