Het is zo moeilijk om pijn te vergeten, maar het is nog moeilijker om je te herinneren dat je gelukkig bent geweest. We houden geen littekens over van geluk. We leren zo weinig over vrede.
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Related Vader leek wanhopig. 'Maar, Mattias , je weet dat het onmogelijk is geen sporen na te laten. Er... JOHAN HARSTAD Jezus, ik ga niet zo iemand worden die het er altijd maar over heeft wat hij gaat doen. Ik ga het ge... JOHN GREEN Het vel van de sardines is zo mooi, het is mooier dan het vel van de mens, maar hij moet toegeven da... ARNON GRUNBERG Het gaat in het leven niet om wat je wilt, maar om hoe je je wilt voelen. MARIëLLE DUIJNDAM Ik wil alleen een hand om mij aan vast te houden. Geen waarheid, maar een goed verhaal, ... JOHANNA PAS Ze had niet gevraagd of ze het mocht zien. Daar voelde ze zich pas schuldig over toen vriendinnen ha... KRISTIEN HEMMERECHTS Er zit een geheim in alles wat je ziet en zelfs als je dat geheim oplost blijft er het geheim van je... LEO VROMAN geluk zit in een klein hoekje, maar hoeveel geluk heb jij om dat kleine hoekje te vinden? Ja dat is ... BRAM MESLAND Het gaat om het stellen van de juiste vragen en het verzamelen van zo veel mogelijk relevante inform... HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Maar om je de waarheid te zeggen, rede en liefde gaan nog maar zelden samen tegenwoordig. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Vind je het goed als ik jou gebruik om mijn leven aan diggelen te gooien? TIM KRABBé Ik wou dat ik iemand was, dat denk ik ondertussen, en dat ik alles kon, of toch datgene wat ze van m... GRIET OP DE BEECK Soms krijg ik de indruk dat wij jonge mensen, die in het domein van strikte coherentie zijn opgevoed... PAOLO GIORDANO Het gedicht, die bescheiden poging van de dichter om niet nu maar pas later uiteen te vallen. MIROSLAV HOLUB Na jaren van zwoegen merken we dat we geen reis maken, maar dat de reis on maakt. Reisleiders, diens... JOHN STEINBECK Leven met hoop is ‘s avonds opstappen naar het oosten toe, de nacht heel z... WIM Hoe zouden wij die oude mythen kunnen vergeten die aan de wieg van alle volkeren staan – de mythen... RAINER MARIA RILKE De extreme afstandelijkheid van internet vereist een extreme lichamelijkheid ter compensatie, vandaa... MARTIJN BENDERS heel even gelukkig zijn, zo nu en dan, vlak voordat ik val, meer kan ik niet maar mis... TOON TELLEGEN Ik hoop dat ieder mens de kans krijgt om volledig in hun hart te gaan leven, vanwaaruit oplossingen ... MAURICE SPEES Iedereen die voor abnormaal wil doorgaan en er hard aan werkt om excentriek en uitzonderlijk te zijn... CONNIE PALMEN Een hele mond vol,' mompelde ze, en drukte haar gezicht tegen de brede borst van haar echtgenoot. He... ROBERT JORDAN Ik heb gemerkt, juffrouw Engel, in mijn lange loopbaan in het onderwijs, dat een rotmeisje veel geva... ROALD DAHL […] Ik spaarde me in die tijd tot het uiterste in om minder jong te worden- w... TOON TELLEGEN […] Ik spande me in die tijd tot het uiterste in om minder jong te worden- wa... TOON TELLEGEN Hij vond de wereld slecht. Niemand was in staat tot onbaatzuchtigheid. Om zich heen zag hij alleen m... EMMANUEL BOVE Creativiteit is nog altijd voor veel mensen een duur woord, niet in het minst vanwege de associatie ... MYQUOTE En terwijl hij weer opstapte en langzaam verder fietste, bedacht hij hoe vreemd het was in dezelfde ... STEPHAN ENTER Zo is het gegaan met de Indiaanse bevolking van San Nicolas-eiland, voor de kust van Los Angeles, di... JARED DIAMOND Iewers in jou vriendekring gaan daar ’n welmenende idioot wees wat op jou broosste oomblik vir jou... SOPHIA KAPP Al in de vroege ochtend, het was bijna nog nacht, had Gregor de gelegenheid de kracht van zijn zojui... FRANZ KAFKA Op die manier is de elektrische stoel uitgevonden. Uitgedokterd door Edison die de gevaren van de wi... PAUL AUSTER Het grote voordeel van het web is tegelijkertijd ook het nadeel. Zeer veel informatie is snel beschi... PETER KASSENAAR Dit is geen kroeg of studentehuis. Dit is een ziekenhuis en het is niet de bedoeling dat hier 's avo... MYRTHE VAN DER MEER Vlinders zijn de meest vergankelijke, gracieuze schepsels ter wereld. Ze worden uit het niets gebore... HARUKI MURAKAMI Zolang dit bestaat, en ik het mag beleven, deze zonneschijn, die hemel waar geen wolk aan is, zo lan... ANNE M. FRANK En zo, bij dag en bij nacht, onder zon en sterrenlicht, over heuvelen en door eenzame vlakten, over ... CHARLES DICKENS En dan gaat Eva dood. Ze is gesprongen. Zij kon ook goed kiezen. Geen half werk. Geen truttig gedoe ... GRIET OP DE BEECK Is gedichten schrijven een roeping, een vak of een hobby? Nou, alle drie natuurlijk. Als het alleen ... MARTIJN BENDERS Je gevoel is altijd de essentie, het is zowel de sleutel als het doel. MARIëLLE DUIJNDAM Een website is nooit af. Dit wordt vaak gezegd en het is ook zo. HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Het Zelf is zowel Universeel als Uniek. Het Zelf is zowel één met alles in essentie, alsmede indiv... MARIëLLE DUIJNDAM Jarenlang kwam ik bij het boodschappen doen langs een huis dat weliswaar een van de lelijkste gebouw... ALAIN DE BOTTON Wat wij te goedkoop verwerven, schatten we te laag in. Het is duurte die alles zijn waarde geeft. THOMAS PAINE Nie je väčší úspech ako vyťažiť maximum zo svojho vlastného zlyhania. LUCAS WILD Die eerlikste manier om die verhaal te vertel, is stilte. CHRISTOFFEL COETZEE Ik heb het nooit tegen iemand gezegd, dat ik mijn moeder niet gemist heb, dat ik niet kon huilen, di... GRIET OP DE BEECK Heeft god de man dan té volmaakt gemaakt dat men er zo nodig een stuk moet van afsnijden? A.J. BEIRENS Inspiratie? Het is geen kwestie van naar de lucht staren en wachten tot er een briljant idee uit kom... HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Ik wilde haar weer horen lachen. Sterker nog: ik wilde de lach uit haar tevoorschijn toveren, ik wil... DEON MEYER Alleen het samenspel tussen de ziel van het wezen, samen met de aard van het wezen maakt ons wezenli... MAURICE SPEES Je ne suis rien que le regard qui te voit, que cette pensée incolore qui te pense. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Om de juiste technische keuzes te kunnen maken, moet u eerst de technische mogelijkheden kennen. HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Als een site is voorzien van een elegant design maar verder niet bruikbaar is, zal de site falen. He... PETER KASSENAAR Minder is meer. Er zijn héél veel interactieve toepassingen beschikbaar op internet. De kunst is o... PETER KASSENAAR Je ontmoet alleen mensen als je je geeft zoals je bent. MYQUOTE I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie ... JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE In de ontwikkelde wereld is de levensverwachting nu gestegen tot 80 jaar voor vrouwen en 76 jaar voo... BERNARD A. LIETAER Iemand anders sal dié storie ook moet vertel om geloofwaardigheid daaraan te gee; die storie kan ni... CHRISTOFFEL COETZEE Zelfrealisatie is jezelf realiseren Wie-Je-Werkelijk-Bent.
En Wie-Je-Werkelijk-Bent realiteit maken. MARIëLLE DUIJNDAM Het leven op aarde is een vertraagde weergave van slechts één moment. Het moment waarop we allemaa... MAURICE SPEES Voor iedereen die zich afvraagt of het mogelijk is de puberteit te overleven, is een bevestigend ant... RACHEL KLEIN Onze aarde hangt niet voor niets scheef. Het is een ironische onderstreping van al het zijn op haar ... ANNA JAE Ik wou dat op een dag, gewoon opeens, alle angst op was, zoals het warme water als ik heel lang heb ... GRIET OP DE BEECK Întâi te vor înjura. Pe urmă vor râde de tine. Apoi, te vor declara nebun. După aceea vor înc... MAHATMA GANDHI Als naturalisten en materialisten zijn wij een essentiële categorie kwijt geraak, namelijk die van ... LEANNE PAYNE We will never be able to whistle as the birds, but in return they will never be able to talk same Li... JAN JANSEN Sposobnost može da te dovede na vrh al da bi opstao na vrhu, potreban ti je karakter. JOHN WOODEN Jonge mensen schijnen er altijd van overtuigd te zijn dat er later meer tijd zal komen,' merkte Burr... ROBIN HOBB Oublie-moi de temps en temps, ça te reposera. Tu m'oubliais si bien avant que je ne me pende. RéGIS JAUFFRET Plotseling viel er een stilte in de tuin. Het orkest had zichzelf tot zwijgen gebracht, gesprekken v... REMCO CAMPERT En dan, uit het niks: ‘Zijt gij gelukkig?’ Ze kijkt mij recht in de ogen. ‘Ik probeer, denk ik... GRIET OP DE BEECK Als we samen zijn, zijn we het mooiste weer van de wereld.' Hij haalde diep adem. 'Dan zijn we tijdl... TOON TELLEGEN Al eens geprobeerd een huis te (laten) bouwen zonder bouwtekeningen? Probeer dan ook geen website te... HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL In niets onderscheidden ze zich van de heikneuters waar ze later hun voeten op zouden vegen. Het war... HENRY MILLER Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe. BANANI RAY Ik vond het niet eerlijk dat God alleen zijn eigen kind deed opstaan uit de dood. GRIET OP DE BEECK de eindigheid van de dingen de willekeur-- het voortdurend breken en lijmen van... ANNA JAE De adoptie van mijn dochter gaf mij meer dan het moederschap alleen. KIM VAN SCHIE Jij bent uitgekozen omdat jij de enige was die Kiki niet zelf hoefde te zoeken. Jij hebt háár gevo... KIRSTEN MILLER C'est tellement impudique, tu nous racontes tellement, je me retrouve à chaque page, mise à nu, di... LAURENT BETTONI Jeannot la bêtise des amoureux est immense, végétale, animale, astrale. Que faire? Comment te fai... JEAN COCTEAU Toen fotograferen nog iets bijzonders was en een afdruk relatief duur lachte iedereen die op de foto... J. BERNLEF Je t'aime. Aujourd'hui. Ce soir. Demain. Pour toujours. Si je vivais mille ans, je t'appartiendrais ... MICHELLE HODKIN Op rechts, een trollenbrigade. Op links, kibbelende ambtenaren. Invasie van zombies. Heb ik zo onze ... MARTIJN BENDERS Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
[Fr., Dis moi ce que tu manges, je te dira... ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN Om is the mysterious cosmic energy that is the substratum of all the things and all the beings of th... AMIT RAY En effet: je mourais déjà. Je venais d'apprendre cette nouvelle horrible que tout humain apprend u... AMéLIE NOTHOMB ... de jongen soo verbaast gaauw tegen de stijlte weer op liep, schreeuwende luijtkeels de schuijt v... MARIA WILHELMINA LAMMENS Een vir een gee ek hulle 'n Smartie. Soos 'n Nagmaal waar brood en wyn gegee word om liggaam en siel... MARLIZE HOBBS Een handicap is dichterbij dan u denkt. Probeer maar eens een website te bedienen met een gebroken p... PETER KASSENAAR Moi qui éprouve, comme chacun, le besoin d’être reconnu, je me sens pur en toi et vais à toi. J... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Au-dessus de mes mots maladroits, au-dessus des raisonnements qui me peuvent tromper, tu considères... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Om is that God of love. Like a loving mother Om cleans us of our clutters collected through many inc... BANANI RAY Leven is het weer. Leven is maaltijden. Lunch op een blauw-geruit kleed waar zout op is gemorst. De ... JAMES SALTER Încearcă nu să fii un om de succes, ci un om de valoare." ALBERT EINSTEIN Je t'aime Roza...je serais là pour toi. Je ne laisserais jamais rien t'arriver. Et je ne laiss... RICHELLE MEAD [...] zoals zij in de bus op weg naar Wierenbeke achter de chauffeur had gezeten met al het verdriet... HUGO CLAUS Wat de bezoeker gewend is op internet, is meestal het beste. HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL As-tu déjà été amoureux? C'est horrible non? Ca rend si vulnérable. Ca t'ouvre la poitrine et l... NEIL GAIMAN
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it mi... CHUCK PALAHNIUK People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inven... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, tho... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Horror stories give us a way of exhausting our emotions around social issues, like a woman's rig... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. CHUCK PALAHNIUK HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing,... CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to... CHUCK PALAHNIUK If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot? CHUCK PALAHNIUK Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The idea that population growth guarantees a better life - financially or otherwise - is a myth that... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustr... CHUCK PALAHNIUK 'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Someday you will die, and until you know that, you're useless to me. CHUCK PALAHNIUK She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Language, she said, was just our way to explain away the wonder and glory of the world. To deconstru... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow peop... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a boo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber th... CHUCK PALAHNIUK He was the kind of boy any young girl should date while she's still able to recover. CHUCK PALAHNIUK My secret wish is right now to be romancing this dead girl. A dead girl. Any dead girl. I'm not what... CHUCK PALAHNIUK One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they'r... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You have no idea what it is like to constantly disappoint people. You see it the moment you meet the... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Tyler and me at the edge of the roof, the gun in my mouth, I'm wondering how clean this gun is. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains. CHUCK PALAHNIUK I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next t... CHUCK PALAHNIUK In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then peop... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The things you used to own, now they own you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK For me and my entire generation, we took on this kind of sarcastic, ironic, snarkiness because it se... CHUCK PALAHNIUK No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood ed... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justifie... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Hysteria is only possible with an audience. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things th... CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The things you own end up owning you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. CHUCK PALAHNIUK We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depre... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We just had a near-life experience! CHUCK PALAHNIUK This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you thei... CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you could be God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? CHUCK PALAHNIUK Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough. CHUCK PALAHNIUK A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfec... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Masochism is a valuable job skill. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Which is worse: Hell or nothing? CHUCK PALAHNIUK People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distrac... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sof... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Real discoveries come from chaos. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The future is just wasted on some people. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You can find fresh pain every time you discover what you pretty much already know. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you dont know what you want, you end up with a lot you dont CHUCK PALAHNIUK Theres always the chance you could die right in the middle of your life story CHUCK PALAHNIUK Us. God's forgotten Science Fair project, left to grow mold. God's goldfish, ignored until we're for... CHUCK PALAHNIUK As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beat... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You are not special. Your are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I tell everybody, i'm tired of being jerked around, okay? so lets just not pretend. i don't have fuc... CHUCK PALAHNIUK