„I do not rue my age. I don’t envy the young for the lives they have ahead of them; I do not want mine before me again. But I do envy them their short past. When we’re young, we can survey our past. We can give it meaning, even if that meaning constantly changes. Now, looking over the past, I have no idea what was a blessing, what a curse; whatever my career was worth the price; and when my encounters with women succeeded, and when they failed.”
Bernhard Schlink, The Woman on the Stairs
Photo: A. Brownstein
