Nelly Sachs quotes

Nelly Sachs was a German poet and playwright of Jewish descent, renowned for her deeply moving works about the Holocaust and exile. Her poetry explores themes of suffering, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her literary achievements. Here are 6 of her quotes:

We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person. (Nelly Sachs)
To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality. View quote
Nelly Sachs
Instead of a homeland I hold the metamorphoses of the world. View quote
Nelly Sachs
But silence is where victims dwell. View quote
Nelly Sachs
We mothers rock into the heart of the world the melody of peace. View quote
Nelly Sachs
Bewitched is half of everything. View quote
Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs - Image
Occupation: German Poet
Born: December 10, 1891
Died: May 12, 1970
Quotes count: 6

Related authors

Paul Celan  17 
French Poet
Shmuel Yosef Agnon - thumbnail
Shmuel Yosef Agnon  18 
Ukrainian Writer
Selma Lagerlöf - thumbnail
Selma Lagerlöf  7 
Swedish Author
Ingeborg Bachmann  4 
Poet
Melvin Schwartz  1 
American Physicist
Alfred Hermann Fried - thumbnail
Alfred Hermann Fried  2 
Austrian Activist
Herta Müller - thumbnail
Herta Müller  44 
German Novelist
Nadine Gordimer - thumbnail
Nadine Gordimer  97 
African Novelist
Friedrich Hölderlin - thumbnail
Friedrich Hölderlin  16 
German Poet
Jack Steinberger - thumbnail
Jack Steinberger  14 
German-American Physicist