“Fear and guilt are sisters;”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“Vrijheid', 'dictatuur', mijn god, ik las die woorden op dat moment voor de eerste keer in mijn leven. Dankzij de nieuwe woorden werd ik als vrij, westers mens geboren.
We moeten ervoor oppassen dat de betekenis van die woorden niet opnieuw vergeten wordt.”
― Hoe herken ik een fascist
We moeten ervoor oppassen dat de betekenis van die woorden niet opnieuw vergeten wordt.”
― Hoe herken ik een fascist
“I guess it can’t be too often that two people can laugh and make love, too, make love because they are laughing, laugh because they’re making love. The love and the laughter come from the same place: but not many people go there”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“One of the most terrible, most mysterious things about a life is that a warning can be heeded only in retrospect: too late.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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