Hans Keilson Quotes & Sayings

He had defended himself against death from without, and then it had carried him off from within. — Hans Keilson

Love, beauty, dignity: all that was only put on, so that whoever approached the glowing embers in reverence would not singe his grasping hands and thirsting lips. But wherever violence and annihilation tore away the protective covering, the undaunted heart was thrown into turmoil and could not rest until new costumes had formed, new threads has been spun, to make and raise up what was shameful and venerable. — Hans Keilson

I always knew that words are suitcases with false bottoms. — Hans Keilson