3 Quotes & Sayings By Renate Linnenkoper

Renate Linnenkoper was born in 1933, the daughter of a physician. In her early twenties she began writing poetry, which she published in various journals under the pseudonym "Renate Laub." In the mid-1960s she started to write prose, publishing her first book in 1966. Her writings are characterized by an unusual blend of lyricism and realism, which is reflected in the consistent use of dense, highly stylized vocabulary. Her major themes include love relationships ("Families in Love," "Intimate Moments," "A Love Affair"), women's issues ("Women's Choices," "Woman to Woman"), and children ("Children in Danger," "The Little Boy").

First impressions are rarely worth preserving. Men typically fall short...
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First impressions are rarely worth preserving. Men typically fall short of our expectations. Renate Linnenkoper
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As they gently lowered it into the earth, all stared silently at the coffin but one: a young woman of twenty-five who glanced absentmindedly into the distance where an unknown figure stood — watching, waiting, his face buried in the shadow of his hat. Whether by intuition or paranoia she could not tell, but the presence of the man troubled her and her eyes were fixed on his motionless body and would not stir. Tourists rarely came to a town as small and uneventful as theirs, let alone to visit a funeral where they did not introduce themselves and only beheld the spectacle from afar. Renate Linnenkoper