Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name Holland is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands.

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Hendrik Marsman
De hemel groots en grauw. daaronder het geweldig laagland met de plassen; bomen en molens, kerktorens en kassen, verkaveld door de sloten, zilvergrauw. dit is mijn land, mijn volk; dit is de ruimte waarin ik wil klinken. laat mij één avond in de plassen blinken, daarna mag ik verdampen als een wolk.
Hendrik Marsman, Verzamelde gedichten

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Holland stared at his own hand, the knife’s edge crimson. They left they body where it fell. And brought another in. “No,” snarled Holland at the sight of him. A boy from the kitchens, hardly fourteen, who looked at him with wide, uncertain eyes. “Help,” he begged. Then they brought another. And another. One by one, Athos and Astrid paraded the remains of Vor’s life before Holland, instructing him again and again to cut their throats. Every time, he tried to fight the order. Every time, he faile ...more
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