Ellen IJzerman (Prowisorio)

“There’s a new kind of quasi-religious discourse forming, with its own followers, its creed, its orthodoxy, its heretics, its priests, its literature, its eschatological framework. Even its own Singularity.
It’s AI.”
― Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next

“In beginsel maakte het geen verschil of hij nu de ene of de andere kant uit ging. De wereld zou er onaangedaan onder blijven.”
― Remco Campert, Hotel du Nord

“Er zullen altijd mensen zijn die een mening hebben die zo min mogelijk moeite kost, zodat ze energie overhouden om het van de daken te schreeuwen.”
― Johan Harstad, Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven

“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa