Herrmann Joosten

“And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning?”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

“Let's all keep quiet, there are times when words serve no purpose, if only I, too, could weep, say everything with tears, not have to speak in order to be understood.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“You know, Lillian, someday I will sit down and write a little dictionary for you, a little Chinese dictionary. In it I will put down all the interpretations of what is said to you, the right interpretation, that is: the one that is not meant to injure, not meant to humiliate or accuse or doubt. And whenever something is said to you, you will look in my little dictionary to make sure, before you get desperate, that you have understood what is said to you.”
― Anaïs Nin, Ladders to Fire

“How oft the warmth of the sun above
Makes a pretty young girl dream of love.”
― gustave flaubert, Madame Bovary