Quotes About Heimweh

There's a German term- heimweh, homesickness. It's a powerful sensation, like a narcotic. A yearning from home, but for something more- a past self, perhaps. A lost self. When I first saw you on the street, Katya, I felt such a sensation… I have no idea why

The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh . The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk . Leave it to the Germans to pull out, like some endless elastic belt of horrible sweetness, all that molasses woe.

Heimweh, wonach? Wenn ich "Heimweh" sage, sag ich "Traum" Denn die alte Heimat gibt es kaum. Wenn ich Heimweh sage, mein ich viel: Was uns lange drückte im Exil. Fremde sind wir nun im Heimatort. Nur das "Weh", es bleibt. Das "Heim" ist fort.