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Schuld en boete

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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"Na het lezen van De Idioot als feuilleton — één hoofdstuk per keer — besloot ik Schuld en Boete ook op deze manier te herlezen. Met het frisse hoofd dat ik van uitvoerend werk heb gekregen.

Zo’n 25 jaar geleden was het boek grotendeels een worsteling, naast het beslag dat mijn werk op mijn hoofd legde." — Sep 29, 2026 09:30AM

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Verzameld Werk

by Franz Kafka

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De naam van de vader

by noordervliet nelleke

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Paul’s Quotes

“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”
― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London

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“But nothing is lasting in this world. Even joy begins to fade after only one minute. Two minutes later, and it is weaker still, until finally it is swallowed up in our everyday, prosaic state of mind, just as a ripple made by a pebble gradually merges with the smooth surface of the water.”
― Nikolai Gogol, The Nose

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“... alsof ik langzaam een berg afliep, terwijl ik dacht dat ik hem opliep.”
― Lev Tolstoj, The Death of Ivan Ilych

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“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
― George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

tags: war-mongering

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“But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

tags: downtrodden, genuine, humanism

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