Quotes from Peter Schneider

It will take us longer to tear down the Wall in our heads than any wrecking company will need for the Wall we can see.

Dove finisce uno Stato e dove inizia l'io? Siamo di nuovo qualcuno. In questa frase disturba quel 'di nuovo'. Per diventare finalmente qualcuno, bisogna prima essere stati nessuno.

Sarà più difficile per noi abbattere il muro che abbiamo in testa che per una impresa demolitrice distruggere quello vero.

In Germany, it seems, time doesn't heal wounds; it kills the sensation of pain.

Sembra che in Germania il tempo non guarisca le ferite, ma uccida il dolore.

Where does the state end and the self begin?

If the Germans still have a fatherland, it survives mostly in the mother tongue; and if it is true that land comes from our father and language from our mother, then our maternal heritage has proven the stronger

Apparently there isn't a professional in Berlin for which you can't get famous.

Apparently there isn't a profession in Berlin for which you can't get famous.

Techno was invented in Berlin

Spontaneity, personal initiative, free choice - these ideals of Western society are fairy tales invented for people who don't want to admit they know better.

In Berlin, it seems, in the end everything becomes either art and/or memorial

Vielleicht hängt es tatsächlich mit diesen frühen Fahrten, diesem ständigen Unterwegssein zusammen, daß ich mich später immer, wenn ich unterwegs war, eher zuhause fühlte, als wenn ich irgendwo blieb und mich einzurichten versuchte.

It isn't all that easy to answer the question of why, for some time now, Berlin has been one of the most popular cities in the world. It's not on account of its beauty, for Berlin is not beautiful; Berlin is the Cinderella of European capitals. Gazing