Heinrich Boll

"Of course I suffered (do I hear a voice: "Who, old or young, does not suffer"?), but not in school. I maintain that I never let things get that far. I dealt with each problem as it arose, as I so often did in later life, aware of the implications."

What's to Become of the Boy? or: Something to Do with Books
by Heinrich Boll
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984
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