Katja

“Among those who have everything, I have never seen a family go to the seashore just to celebrate a political decision, because for them politics changes almost nothing. This is something I realized when I went to live in Paris, far away from you: the ruling class may complain about a left-wing government, they may complain about a right-wing government, but no government ever ruins their digestion, no government ever breaks their backs, no government ever inspires a trip to the beach. Politics never changes their lives, at least not much. What’s strange, too, is that they’re the ones who engage in politics, though it has almost no effect on their lives. For the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For us it was life or death.”
― Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

“There is a will that exists, a desperate, continual, constantly renewed effort to place some people on a level below you, not to be on the lowest rung of the social ladder.”
― Édouard Louis, The End of Eddy

“... Als ik geen voorzitter word, pleeg ik zelfmoord!' 'Zoiets moet u niet zeggen!' Zei dokter Kazan ontzet. 'Dat zou heel slecht zijn voor mijn reputatie.”
― Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

“Een betrouwbare kracht om op te leunen, iemand die alles al een keer had meegemaakt, een moederlijke vrouw die zachte vesten droeg waar je de zijkant van je hoofd tegenaan vlijde.”
― Rob van Essen, Miniapolis