W. G. Sebald Quotes

How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.

W. G. Sebald

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• I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

  

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• My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.

  

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• At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.

  

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• How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.

  

  W. G. Sebald
  • Different
  • Hours
  • Nation