# Quote — Max Frisch, Montauk

> Our guilt has its uses. It justifies much in the lives of others.

- Author: [Max Frisch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-frisch.md)
- Book: [Montauk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-frisch/montauk.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Frisch#Montauk_(1975)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-frisch/montauk/our-guilt-has

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> A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of that society.

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> There are moments when her voice is all he needs.

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