Dirk

“The questions which one asks oneself begin, at last, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. One can only face in others what one can face in oneself. On this confrontation depends the measure of our wisdom and compassion. This energy is all that one finds in the rubble of vanished civilizations, and the only hope for ours.”
― James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

“Dingen waar je van droomt moet je dus niet te lang laten liggen, dacht ik nog, ze blijken niet goed houdbaar.”
― Arthur Japin, Vaslav

“People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Te veel kennis over onszelf doen we op uit de blikken van anderen. Wij vertrouwen eerder op hoe wij gezien worden dan op hoe wij onszelf zien.”
― Arthur Japin, In Lucia's Eyes