Ellen IJzerman (Prowisorio)

“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

“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

“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

“why do we need to make the rich richer to make them work harder but make the poor poorer for the same purpose?”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide