Doris Vaarwerk

“If we're all aggressive, obedient solders [sic], who's going to write the poems and play the blues and go on anti-war protest marches?”
― Ken Follett, The Third Twin

“The pollenless trees were genomed to repel bugs and birds; the stagnant air reeked of insecticide.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“How quickly people changed, with their interests, their feelings. Well-made phrases replaced by well-made phrases, time is a flow of words coherent only in appearance, the one who piles up the most is the one who wins.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name