Samuel

“What harsh sour souls they must have had, these frightening and frightened folk, creating for themselves in the lush fertile plains of India such a Supreme Soviet of a city!”
― Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium

“Other kids—blind date with someone’s brother. Me? A blind date with a wrench.”
― Una McCormack, The Way to the Stars

“Wat dood is is dood, maar wat vermoord is leeft voort, leeft voortaan minder gestoord dan wat onbestorven leeft. Martinus Nijhoff uit: Het uur U”
― Jan Geurtz, Verslaafd aan liefde: de weg naar zelfacceptatie en geluk in relaties

“Trees are normally very general and all-inclusive with their wisdom pearls. When a tree decides to talk to you, it's a very, very big deal, as if the world stops, as if you are scooped up and held in a snow globe, weightless and womb-like. I felt their vibrations in my feathers, in the flutter of my little black heart.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom