The Tin Drum Quotes

I'll begin long before me, for no one should describe his life who lacks the patience to commemorate at least half his grandparents' existence before detailing his own (1.13).

Granted: I'm an inmate in the mental institution […] (1.1).

My white enameled metal hospital bed thus sets a standard. To me it is more; my bed is a goal I've reached, it is my consolation, and could easily become my faith if the administration would allow...

Quickly he buttoned the trousers that fear and an overwhelming need for refuge had bidden him open under her skirts. He fiddled quickly with the buttons, fearing an all too rapid cooling of his rod...

Let me say at once: I was one of those clairaudient infants whose mental development is complete at birth and thereafter simply confirmed (3.32).

Jan had been called up three times but had been rejected on each occasion owing to his poor physical condition, which, given that in those days anyone who could stand even halfway straight got sent...

They clowned around, parodied scenes from my trial, and to please them, as always on Visitors Day, I put on a cheerful face and managed to laugh at even their worst jokes (3.5).

It is said that he found a chink between the logs under the raft, just big enough to keep his respiratory organs above water (2.40).