Author: Bertolt Brecht

Cited by

• Niall Hanson (1)
  • IN: The Confident Hope of a Miracle (2003) Non-Fiction, History, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Philip of Spain wept when his armada went down. Was he the only one to weep?
    FROM: "Questions from a Worker who reads", (1935), Poem, Germany
• John Knowles (1)
  • IN: Peace Breaks Out (1982) NULL, American
    EPIGRAPH: Mother Courage: Bells! What are the bells for, middle of the week! Chaplain: What are they shouting? Young Man: It's peace. Chaplain: Peace! Mother Courage: Don't tell me peace has broken out - when i've just gone and bought all these supplies!
    FROM: Mother Courage and Her Children, (1939), Book, Germany
• Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (1)
  • IN: Dreams in a Time of War (2010) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times
    FROM: Motto, (1939), NULL, Germany
• Hwang Sok-Yong (1)
  • IN: The Old Garden (2000) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: The little rose, oh how should it be listed? Suddenly dark red and young and near? Oh we never knew that it existed Then we came, and saw that it was there. Unexpected till we came and saw it Unbelievable as soon as seen Hit the mark, despite not aiming for it: Isn't that how things have always been?
    FROM: NULL, (1976), NULL, Germany
• Russell Banks (1)
  • IN: Trailerpark (1981) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: A certain sense of tragedy, however attractive, Is to be avoided. Though there is no need to make a dogma of that
    FROM: Epistle on Suicide, (1920), Poem, Germany
• Elizabeth Hand (1)
  • IN: Winterlong (1990) Speculative fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: When he’d begun to rattle deep down in his throat, I asked him: “What are you thinking about?” I always like to know what a dying man is thinking about. And he said: “I’m still listening to the rain.” It gave me gooseflesh. “I’m still listening to the rain.” That’s what he said.
    FROM: Baal, (1920), Book, Germany
• Don and Pezzullo, Ralph Mann (1)
  • IN: Hunt the Scorpion (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: To those who do not know that the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Germany
• Ivan Repila (1)
  • IN: The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse (2013) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I came to the cities in a time of disorder When hunger ruled. I came among ment in a time of uprising and I revolted with them. So the time passed away Which on earth was given me
    FROM: "To Posterity", (1939), Poem, Germany
• Sok-yong Hwang (1)
  • IN: The Ancient Garden: A Love Story (2009) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: The little rose, oh how should it be listed? Suddenly dark red and young and near? Oh we never knew that it existed Then we came, and saw that it was there. Unexpected till we came and saw it Unbelievable as soon as seen Hit the mark, despite not aiming for it: Isn't that how things have always been?
    FROM: The Little Rose, Oh How Should It Be Listed, (1954), Poem, Germany
• Gustavo Faverón Patriau (1)
  • IN: The Antiquarian (2010) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Every time you name yourself, you name someone else.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Germany
• Joe Abercrombie (1)
  • IN: The Heroes (2011) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
    FROM: Life of Galileo, (1943), Play, Germany
• Marie Hermanson (1)
  • IN: The Devil's Sanctuary (2011) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Evil is merely a form of ineptitude.
    FROM: The Good Woman of Setzuan, (1953), Play, Germany
• Tom Robbins (1)
  • IN: Villa Incognito (2003) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: You never know to whom you're talking.
    FROM: The Threepenny Opera, (1929), Play, Germany