Sarah

“Ik was zelfs geen vijfde wiel, maar de reserveband die goed verborgen zat onder in de koffer en waarvan men hoopte hem nooit te moeten bovenhalen.”
― Lize Spit, Het smelt

“Volgens mij is er niet zo veel verschil tussen mensen en landbouwgrond. Af en toe moeten ze stil worden, braak liggen, om daarna verder te kunnen.”
― Lize Spit, Het smelt

“I was convinced I would never even get through the first year at school, but I succeeded, I was even awarded a prize; but I would certainly never pass the grammar-school entrance exam, yet again I succeeded; but then I would certainly fail my year at school, but no, I did not fail, in fact I kept on succeeding. But this did not give me confidence, on the contrary, I became convinced - and your disapproving face was formal proof of this - that the more I succeeded, the worse my eventual downfall would be.”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

“I believe the wound is also the place where the skin reencounters itself, asking of each end, where have you been?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous