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“I write because I have nothing better to do in this world: I am superfluous and last in the world of men. I write because I am desperate and weary. I can no longer bear the routine of my existence and, were it not for the constant novelty of writing, I should die symbolically each day.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“It's dope to be black until it's hard to be black.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“Het toeval is vaak verstandiger dan onze wil”
― Jij zegt het
― Jij zegt het
“Once, men and women were able to turn themselves into eagles and fly immense distances. They communed with rivers and mountains and received wisdom from them. They felt the turning of the stars inside their own minds. My contemporaries did not understand this. They were all enamoured with the idea of progress and believed that whatever was new must be superior to what was old. As if merit was a function of chronology! But it seemed to me that the wisdom of the ancients could not have simply vanished. Nothing simply vanishes. It’s not actually possible.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
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