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Nieuwe geschiedenis van België I: 1830-1905

by Els Witte

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“The world is so strange that maybe it’s perfectly logical.”
― Beth Lisick

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“SINGERS NAAIMASJIEN IS DE BESTE
de beste
waarom
hoe kan dat
wie weet
alles is schijn”
― Paul van Ostaijen, Bezette stad / Nagelaten gedichten

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“Death is not friendly. It's dark, black where you look at it. You're all alone. But it's no different when you're alive, right? No matter how many relationships we seem to have, we're all alone. - Misaki Mei”
― Yukito Ayatsuji

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“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.”
― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope

tags: silence, voice

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“Why do men like me want sons?" he wondered. "It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance at life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone.”
― John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold

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