Merel

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“Misschien was liefde iets wat je op een gegeven moment kon wegstoppen in een la, samen met andere dingen uit het verleden die je niet meer nodig had.”
― Niña Weijers