“To Be an Adult Means” – Quote by Heinrich Böll

„To be an adult means to forget how inconsolable we often were as children.“

Heinrich BöllHeinrich Böll on growing up, childhood, and forgotten feelings: a reflective quote about memory and the stages of life.
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Heinrich Böll was a German writer and an important author of the postwar period.

A reflective quote about childhood, growing up, and the loss of our original feelings.


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Heinrich Böll quote about adulthood and childhood emotions

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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