Philippe

“But, despite the dangers, people continue to take the risk. Children certainly take the risk. Children do what their stomachs tell them to do. They don't think twice when they have to chase a moving train. They run along it, reach for any metal bar at hand, and fling themselves toward whichever half-stable surface they may land on. Children chase after life, even if that chase might end up killing them. Children run and flee. They have an instinct for survival, perhaps, that allows them to endure almost anything just to make it to the other side of horror, whatever may be waiting there for them.”
― Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

“De tiener die hij geweest is spiedt door de kieren van de tijd, kijkt hem na vanuit de berm, vanuit een veld. In zijn hoofd is elk mens tijdreiziger.”
― Auke Hulst, De Mitsukoshi Troostbaby Company

“Lang geleden had ze een veilige binnenwereld gecreëerd en samenwonen had een aanslag gepleegd op de ruimte die nodig was om die binnenwereld te voeden.”
― Auke Hulst, De Mitsukoshi Troostbaby Company

“being seduced is a pleasure in itself. One yields for the sake of yielding.”
― J. M. Coetzee