Robyn Maire

“Afsluiten om weer verder te kunnen’ klinkt als van een klif afspringen, klinkt als doodgaan”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“All that ancestor stuff … I mean, I’ve got English ancestors too, haven’t I? It’s no good saying like my ancestors were African, so I’ve got to go back to my roots …. It was my English ancestors who sold my African ancestors into slavery. Where does that leave me? Am I innocent or guilty or what? ‘’
‘You can’t go back’’ Stuart said. ‘’You can only go forward. You can’t forget either. You have to use everything you know.”
― Philip Pullman, The Broken Bridge

“Ik zeg het niet, maar soms voel ik me alsof hij precies zo met me omgaat: me uit elkaar haalt en iets nieuws van me maakt.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“Three ciders deep, we swam between telling each other what our friendship meant, how much we loved each other, and comparing our taste in girls, despite me never having actually tasted one.”
― Moïra Fowley-Doyle, All the Bad Apples