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“Perhaps if the future existed, concretely and individually, as something that could be discerned by a better brain, the past would not be so seductive: its demands would be balanced by those of the future.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things

“Ik heb al zoveel over boord gegooid, dat ik wel eens kapseizen kon bij gebrek aan zwaarte.”
― Willem Elsschot, Het dwaallicht

“People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Voordat ze in mijn boekenkasten verdwijnen leef ik tussen stapels boeken als tussen bloeiende struiken.”
― Jan Wolkers

“Everything was too quiet to be natural. It seemed as if the silence was rising, rising—would suddenly brim over and break into laughter.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark

“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita