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“The surface of Amsterdam thrives on these mutual acts of surveillance, the neighborly smothering of a person's spirit.”
― The Miniaturist
― The Miniaturist
“Marriage and family are only what we make of them. Without that they’re just a nest of hypocrisy. Garbage and empty words. But if there is real love, of the sort one doesn’t go around telling everyone about, the sort that is felt and lived…”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“She had never had a friend like this, in her private room, combing her hair, listening to her, talking about silly nonsense and the uselessness of one's parents; how the future was perfect, because they hadn't lived it yet.”
― The Muse
― The Muse
“If you really want to see your work to completion, you have to desire it more than you'd believe. You have to fight it, fight yourself. It's not easy.”
― The Muse
― The Muse
“He taught me to enjoy cooking, to delight in cooking, to use cooking as a kind of framework of joy on which you could hang your day. A breakfast worth getting out of bed for. Second breakfast. Elevenses. Lunch. Afternoon tea. Dinner as glorious reward for a day done well, or consolation for a day gone badly, or just a plain old celebration of still being here, of having survived another one. Supper. A midnight feast.”
― Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For
― Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For
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