After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.

— Günter Grass

An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings.

— Günter Grass

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

— Günter Grass

For marriage has nothing in common with love. Marriage makes for security; love makes only for suffering. On the other hand, love could be so distilled, spun so fine as to implicate third and fourth persons, as to take up three or four exciting acts in a play.

— Günter Grass

Gregor was a real drinker.he didn't drink because he was sad.(or) cheerful. He drank because he was a thorough man, who like to get to the bottom of things, of bottles as well as everything else.

— Günter Grass

Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery."SHOW YOUR TONGUE

— Günter Grass

Memory likes to play hide-and-seek, to crawl away. It tends to hold forth, to dress up, often needlessly. Memory contradicts itself; pedant that it is, it will have its way.

— Günter Grass

...my pride in Joachim Make was as sweet as chocolate creams.

— Günter Grass

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.

— Günter Grass

They swore by concrete. They built for eternity.

— Günter Grass