Marloes Matthijssen

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood