Bart Van Overmeire
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Rosa Montero
“Ik plofte naast haar neer. Het liep tegen de avond, de grond geurde naar warm vlees en onder mijn vingers trilden de grassprietjes. Ik keek naar doña Bárbara; langs haar wang gleed een doorzichtige, ronde traan die omgekeerd de rondheid van de wereld weerspiegelde.
‘Waarom huilt u?’ informeerde ik.
‘Omdat ik me dit alles in mijn laatste ogenblikken zal herinneren.’
Ik begreep haar niet, want hoewel ik toen al had ontdekt wat de dood betekende, was ik dat op die prachtige middag vergeten.”
Rosa Montero, Bella y oscura

Tanya Tagaq
“I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.”
Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

Sheila Heti
“It is only when you get older that everyone makes you feel bad about being alone, or implies that spending time with other people is somehow better, because it proves you to be likeable.

But being unlikeable wasn't the reason she was alone. She was alone so she could hear herself thinking. She was alone so she could hear herself living.”
Sheila Heti, Pure Colour

Marie NDiaye
“Cependant, n'étant pas certaine qu'on me parlait bien de mes sœurs, je n'y prêtai guère attention. Et puis, me disais-je, quand bien même? Est-ce qu’il est de mon ressort de veiller sur mes sœurs, de m'occuper d'elles, de leur montrer de l'affection ? Non, ce n'est pas de mon ressort. Ayant été élevées dans l'affrontement, la jalousie et l’acrimonie, nous ne pouvons, même adultes, effacer de nos souvenirs ce torrent d’aigreur et nous aimer les unes les autres. Nous pouvons nous rencontrer aimablement mais nous ne pouvons certainement pas nous aimer. C’est ainsi que deux années se passèrent, dans l'éloignement et l'indifférence.”
Marie NDiaye, Self-Portrait in Green

“Ik wil haar diep onder de grond stoppen en op een beter moment weer opgraven. Dat klinkt gruwelijker dan ik het bedoel.”
Femke Brockhus, Laat het stil zijn

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