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“Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“What if . . . instead of saying, this border divides these places. We said, this border unites these places. This border holds together these two really interesting different places. What if we declared border crossings places where, listen, when you crossed them, you yourself became doubly possible.”
― Spring
― Spring
“Vijftig jaar is zo'n gigantische hoeveelheid tijd om niet te krijgen, ik weet niet hoe ik me daar een voorstelling van moet maken. Vijftig verjaardagen, ja, vijftig keer kerst en zomervakantie en zo, die dingen. Maar ook hoe vaak wel niet je lievelingsliedje op de radio? Hoeveel duizend keer lekker warm douchen? Hoeveel Tell Sell-reclames en films, hoeveel pannenkoeken met stroop? Hoe vaak iemands knie tegen de jouwe en hoeveel computerspelletjes?”
― Stenen eten
― Stenen eten
“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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