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“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
“...love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don't panic now.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“The poor are always crossing the Sahara. And the lawyers and bondsmen and all that crowd circle around the poor, exactly like vultures. Of course, they’re not any richer than the poor, really, that’s why they’ve turned into vultures, scavengers, indecent garbage men, and I’m talking about the black cats, too, who, in so many ways, are worse.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Though you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you”
― The Flame
I lived but to be near you
Though you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you”
― The Flame
“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
Emiel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emiel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
228 books
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10 friends
133 books
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6 friends
25 books
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5 friends
72 books
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3 friends
63 books
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5 friends
27 books
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6 friends
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