Marriage, Prostitution and Love – Quote by Heinrich Böll

„State and churches can tolerate only two possibilities: marriage or prostitution, and in most cases, they find love outside these two enclosures suspicious.“

Heinrich BöllHeinrich Böll critiques social norms and the suspicion surrounding love outside marriage and prostitution.
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Heinrich Böll was a German writer and an important author of the postwar period.

The quote pointedly critiques social and institutional norms surrounding love and relationships.


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Marriage, prostitution and love quote by Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Theodor Böll (1917–1985) was a German writer from Cologne. As a narrator of postwar German literature, he depicted urban destruction, the hunger and hardship of survivors, and the homecoming and disillusionment of returning soldiers. His well-known short stories include “Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa…,” “The Bread of Our Early Years,” and “Dr. Murke’s Collected Silences.”

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"We witness a strange inversion: on the one hand, the endeavor to turn the social contract into a less calculating and more feeling connection among its members; on the other hand, the endeavor to turn the erotic relationship into a contractual one." Allan Bloom
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