Lise

“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren’t, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Ik ben niets meer, niets meer van mijzelf, geen gedachte, geen gevoel, ik ben alleen de oppervlakte, waar de zon mij raakt; de oude huid van de slang, waaruit ze is verdwenen. Zo is het eenvoudig te bestaan: als afgeworpen omhulsel van een kronkelende inwendigheid.”
― Patricia De Martelaere, Nachtboek van een slapeloze

“Vrees veroorzaakt het gevreesde.”
― Patricia De Martelaere, Nachtboek van een slapeloze

“There are two essential kinds of loneliness: that of not having found someone to love, and that of having been deprived of the one you did love. The first kind is worse. Nothing can compare to the loneliness of the soul in adolescence.”
― Julian Barnes, Levels of Life