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“We spent all those years talking about the stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different, and it broke both of our hearts.”
― A Long Way Down
― A Long Way Down
“And Scarlett cried. She cried for all the horrors he had been, and she cried for the wonders that he could have been instead.”
― Finale
― Finale
“Vijftig jaar is zo'n gigantische hoeveelheid tijd om niet te krijgen, ik weet niet hoe ik me daar een voorstelling van moet maken. Vijftig verjaardagen, ja, vijftig keer kerst en zomervakantie en zo, die dingen. Maar ook hoe vaak wel niet je lievelingsliedje op de radio? Hoeveel duizend keer lekker warm douchen? Hoeveel Tell Sell-reclames en films, hoeveel pannenkoeken met stroop? Hoe vaak iemands knie tegen de jouwe en hoeveel computerspelletjes?”
― Stenen eten
― Stenen eten
“It was a little like Switzerland in World War II. Shells were bursting all around me, souls were tortured and I was powerless in the confines of imposed neutrality - hopes were dying.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“He seemed to spend half his time straddled between sleeping and waking these days. He wasn't entirely sure which was which, or which truth would dissapoint him most: to think this dismal dream was the best his imagination could come up with, or that this soulless puppet show was the real world.”
― Anything That Isn't This
― Anything That Isn't This
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