Quote by: Ingeborg Bachmann

The children are in love but do not know with what. They talk in gibberish, muse themselves into an indefinable pallor, and when they are completely at a loss they invent a language that maddens them. My fish. My hook. My fox. My snare. My fire. You my water. You my current. My earth. You my if. And you my but. Either. Or. My everything...my everything...They push one another, go for each other with their fists and scuffle over a counter-word that doesn't exist.


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Author Bio


  • NameIngeborg Bachmann
  • DescriptionAustrian poet and author
  • BornJune 25, 1926
  • DiedOctober 17, 1973
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Journalist; Screenwriter; Philosopher; Essayist; Playwright
  • Works; Malina
  • AwardsAnton Wildgans Prize; ; Georg Büchner Prize