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“We can't simply swap God - he's the strongest Pokémon card we have.”
― Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

“Ihr Verstand, stark genug, in ihrer sonderbaren Lage nicht zu reißen, gab sich ganz unter der großen, heiligen und unerklärlichen Einrichtung der Welt gefangen.”
― Heinrich von kleist, Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili

“I’m beginning to have more and more doubts about whether I find God nice enough to want to go and talk to Him. I’ve discovered that there are two ways of losing your belief: some people lose God when they find themselves; some people lose God when they lose themselves. I think I’ll belong to that second group.”
― Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

“At school I don't take sides when there are fights. I watch from a distance and support the weakest person in my head.”
― Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening