Manonp

“He was the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Sommige mensen kunnen dat, zomaar geloven in wie ze zijn en wat ze doen.”
― Griet Op de Beeck, Kom hier dat ik u kus

“En dan, uit het niks: ‘Zijt gij gelukkig?’ Ze kijkt mij recht in de ogen. ‘Ik probeer, denk ik.’ ‘Proberen is goed,’ zegt ze.”
― Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende