Sarah

“David zegt niks. Misschien vindt hij me nu wel een raar, zielig meisje waar iets mis mee is. Een tent met een stok te weinig.”
― Simon van der Geest, Het werkstuk of hoe ik verdween in de jungle

“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

“De omgeving die ik al jaren kende toonde zich plots vanuit een ander perspectief. Ik paste er niet meer in zoals ik er altijd wel in had gepast. Ik was het Duplomannetje in een Legohuis.”
― Lize Spit, Het smelt

“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