Harmke

“If one has the will and persistance, one CAN do things.”
― Annejet van der Zijl

“Wer nie den Himmel eines fremden Erdteils gesehen hatte, der konnte doch gar nicht ahnen, wie grenzenlos das Leben war. Wer nie Menschen erlebt hatte, die nach den Sternen griffen, der konnte wohl auch nie spüren, dass er Flügel besaß.”
― Charlotte Roth, Als der Himmel uns gehörte

“Kleur heb je nooit zelf, kleur krijg je door anderen.”
― Arthur Japin, De zwarte met het witte hart

“That is the real story of my lift, and that is why I wrote this book. I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it. I want people to understand what happens in the lives of the poor and the psychological impact that spiritual and material poverty has on their children. I want people to understand the American Dream as my family and I encountered it. I want people to understand how upward mobility really feels. And I want people to understand something I learned only recently: that for those of us lucky enough to live the American Dream, the demons of the life we left behind continue to chase us.”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis