Jan-Willem

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Jan-Willem.

https://www.goodreads.com/jwvl

The Shipping News
Jan-Willem is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Story of a Life
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
La Superba
Jan-Willem is currently reading
by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 8 books that Jan-Willem is reading…
Loading...
John Milton
“Me miserable! Which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell;
And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.”
John Milton, Paradise Lost

Philip Larkin
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
Philip Larkin, High Windows

William Shakespeare
“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Adam Smith
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Nikolai Gogol
“And long afterwards, in moments of the greatest merriment, there would rise before him the figure of the little clerk with the balding brow, uttering his penetrating words: "Let me be. Why do you offend me?" --and in these penetrating words rang other words: "I am your brother." And the poor young man would bury his face in his hands, and many a time in his life he shuddered to see how much inhumanity there is in man, how much savege coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners, and God! even in a man the world regards as noble and honorable.”
Gogol Nicolai, The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

year in books
Jan
Jan
1,509 books | 35 friends

Simon v...
1,087 books | 106 friends

Olha
851 books | 91 friends

Sergei ...
206 books | 31 friends

Fabián ...
129 books | 136 friends

Thijs
487 books | 9 friends

Trudy
377 books | 35 friends

Marijke...
1,527 books | 119 friends

More friends…
Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansDe avonden by Gerard ReveDe Uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje, Mene Tekel by Nescio
The best Dutch literature
440 books — 391 voters




Polls voted on by Jan-Willem

Lists liked by Jan-Willem