Shari Andries

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“De hele wereld is vol mensen die hun hele leven op zoek blijven naar het wonder van de liefde zonder het ooit te zien. Het is heel simpel en vanzelfsprekend, maar onvindbaar voor wie ernaar zoekt.”
― Arthur Japin, Een schitterend gebrek

“Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

“Also the air: the air is full of sighs and cries. These are never lost: if you listen carefully, with a sympathetic ear, you can hear them echoing forever within the second sphere.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians