Michelle

“Er was iets in Colettes hoofd gebeurd waardoor zij jongens ineens ontzettend interessant vond. Ik begreep er niets van. Jongens schreeuwden en trapten overal tegenaan, en toch keek Colette tegenwoordig naar Ramon alsof hij de voorkant van een boek was en ze niet kon wachten erin te gaan lezen.
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― Judith Visser, Zondagskind

“He talked about himself with an uncluttered simplicity, assuming that she enjoyed his stories simply because he enjoyed them himself. [p193]”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back---I know you won't hurt me, even though you can. It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love. Many years later, as Sam would controversially say in an interview with the gaming website Kotaku, "There is no more intimate act than play, even sex." The internet responded: no one who had had good sex would ever say that, and there must be something seriously wrong with Sam.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“I know better than anyone that you can't always draw a straight line from the who you once were to the who you are right now.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Hope and Other Punchlines