Na jaren van zwoegen merken we dat we geen reis maken, maar dat de reis on maakt. Reisleiders, dienstregelingen, reserveringen, star en onvermijdelijk, doen hun uiterste best om de persoonlijkheid van de reis te slopen.
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Het is geen kwestie van naar de lucht staren en wachten tot er een briljant idee uit kom... HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Heeft god de man dan té volmaakt gemaakt dat men er zo nodig een stuk moet van afsnijden? A.J. BEIRENS Dit is geen kroeg of studentehuis. Dit is een ziekenhuis en het is niet de bedoeling dat hier 's avo... MYRTHE VAN DER MEER Meestal zijn er grote delen van de pagina die niet eens bekeken worden door de bezoeker! Hij keurt z... PETER KASSENAAR Ik wilde haar weer horen lachen. Sterker nog: ik wilde de lach uit haar tevoorschijn toveren, ik wil... DEON MEYER Elke webpagina van de site heeft een uithangbord waaraan de bezoeker herkent waar hij terecht is gek... PETER KASSENAAR Zo is het gegaan met de Indiaanse bevolking van San Nicolas-eiland, voor de kust van Los Angeles, di... JARED DIAMOND Plotseling viel er een stilte in de tuin. Het orkest had zichzelf tot zwijgen gebracht, gesprekken v... REMCO CAMPERT Als een site is voorzien van een elegant design maar verder niet bruikbaar is, zal de site falen. He... PETER KASSENAAR de eindigheid van de dingen de willekeur-- het voortdurend breken en lijmen van... ANNA JAE Op die manier is de elektrische stoel uitgevonden. Uitgedokterd door Edison die de gevaren van de wi... PAUL AUSTER Minder is meer. Er zijn héél veel interactieve toepassingen beschikbaar op internet. De kunst is o... PETER KASSENAAR Mensen vragen wel eens, geloof jij in God, Martinus? En dan zeg ik ja, uiteraard. Wat ik er dan niet... MARTIJN BENDERS Ze had niet gevraagd of ze het mocht zien. Daar voelde ze zich pas schuldig over toen vriendinnen ha... KRISTIEN HEMMERECHTS Als naturalisten en materialisten zijn wij een essentiële categorie kwijt geraak, namelijk die van ... LEANNE PAYNE Hij vond de wereld slecht. Niemand was in staat tot onbaatzuchtigheid. Om zich heen zag hij alleen m... EMMANUEL BOVE Jonge mensen schijnen er altijd van overtuigd te zijn dat er later meer tijd zal komen,' merkte Burr... ROBIN HOBB ¿Qué más? Es preciosa. No te cansas de mirarla. No tienes que preocuparte de si es más inteligen... JOHN GREEN Ik zal naar je kijken vanuit mijn ooghoek. En jij zal niets zeggen. Woorden zijn de bron van misvers... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Ik vond het niet eerlijk dat God alleen zijn eigen kind deed opstaan uit de dood. GRIET OP DE BEECK Mijn vader huilde nooit. Als hij bedroefd was, liep hij naar de tempel van de onbekende heilige. Daa... KADER ABDOLAH Het leven op aarde is een vertraagde weergave van slechts één moment. Het moment waarop we allemaa... MAURICE SPEES Solo aquellos que te rodean y cuidan de ti en tiempos difíciles, merecen tu atención, afecto y ami... IGNACIO NOVO Wie de filosofie van internet kent, kan betere websites bouwen. HEDWYG VAN GROENENDAAL Încearcă nu să fii un om de succes, ci un om de valoare." ALBERT EINSTEIN Ik wil alleen een hand om mij aan vast te houden. Geen waarheid, maar een goed verhaal, ... JOHANNA PAS Si sólo te concentras en tener seguidores no te olvides de seguir produciendo contenidos. CRISTO LEON De adoptie van mijn dochter gaf mij meer dan het moederschap alleen. KIM VAN SCHIE Als we samen zijn, zijn we het mooiste weer van de wereld.' Hij haalde diep adem. 'Dan zijn we tijdl... TOON TELLEGEN Au-dessus de mes mots maladroits, au-dessus des raisonnements qui me peuvent tromper, tu considères... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Zet net de tv aan, schrik me dood. Die van Nieuwkerk ziet er ineens uit als een kruising tussen Dona... MARTIJN BENDERS [...] zoals zij in de bus op weg naar Wierenbeke achter de chauffeur had gezeten met al het verdriet... HUGO CLAUS Under mellanstadiet sade jag till de som mobbade mig i skolan: "Om ni inte slutar att mobba mig så ... LENA PETERSSON Estás solo, y al estar solo, no has de mirar nunca la hora, no has de contar nunca los minutos. No ... GEORGES PEREC Eu te reclamo, te clamo, te amo: ― Caro jovem adulto, está na hora de abrires os olhos para ... FILIPE RUSSO Oh, war shill we go w'en de great day comes, / Wid be blowin' er de trumpits en de bangin' er de dru... JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS «No es que te esté dando órdenes, sino que quiero probar la sinceridad de tu amor en comparación... NICHOLAS SPARKS En otras palabras, la individualización consiste en transformar la identidad humana de algo 'dado' ... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Pero el amor, esa palabra... Moralista Horacio, temeroso de pasiones sin una razón de aguas hondas,... JULIO CORTáZAR No puedes pretender que quien te ama te trate a ti menos cruelmente de lo que se trata a sí mismo. ... HANNAH ARENDT Formar parte de la minoría, aunque fuese una minoría de uno solo, no te convertía en loco. Había... GEORGE ORWELL ¿Quieres entender que es un año de vida? Pregúntaselo a un estudiante que acaba de suspender el e... MARC LEVY Una de las grandes cualidades de #socialmedia es que te pone al alcance de millones de personas con ... CRISTO LEON Then you must tell 'em dat love ain't somethin' lak uh grindstone dat's de same thing everywhere and... ZORA NEALE HURSTON Y'ought to hyeah dat gal a-warblin'
Robins, la'ks an' all dem things
Heish de mouffs an' hides... PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Cuando haces una obra de caridad, on en mi caso de solidaridad, te sientes con derecho a ser como er... XAVIER VELASCO Los libros van siendo el único lugar de la casa donde todavía se puede estar tranquilo. JULIO CORTáZAR Si dejas de tener un propósito en la vida es como… como si te rompieras. BRIAN SELZNICK Si dejas de tener un propósito en la vida es como... como si te rompieras. BRIAN SELZNICK Vlinders zijn de meest vergankelijke, gracieuze schepsels ter wereld. Ze worden uit het niets gebore... HARUKI MURAKAMI Es así de sencillo. El reino de los cielos está en nuestro interior. Deje de buscar gurús. En vez... BRIAN L. WEISS El amor es la metamorfosis
de nuestras emociones
serás feliz si te respetas
en tu evolución. VICTOR L CASTANON En momentos de pena y sufrimiento, te abrazaré y te reconfortaré, tomaré tu tristeza y la haré m... NICHOLAS SPARKS ¿De qué se compone la felicidad? De seguridades, intimidades, puntos en común, atenciones, vivenc... DANIEL GLATTAUER No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego: PABLO NERUDA Ya en el escaparate de la librería localizaste la portada con el título que buscabas. Siguiendo es... ITALO CALVINO Heredé de mis antepasados las ansias de huir. Dicen que mi sangre es europea. Yo siento que cada gl... ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK —¿Nunca has parado el mundo? —¿Qué es parar el mundo? —Parar el mundo es decidir ... ALBERT ESPINOSA Não tenhas medo, ouve: É um poema Um misto de oração e de feitiço... Sem qualque... MIGUEL TORGA Ha sido evidentemente por aquello que llamamos responsabilidad que el primate se convirtió en human... FERNANDO SILVA SANTISTEBAN Iemand anders sal dié storie ook moet vertel om geloofwaardigheid daaraan te gee; die storie kan ni... CHRISTOFFEL COETZEE Si Ryle en verdad te amara, no permitiría que lo aceptarás de nuevo. Tomaría la decisión de deja... COLLEEN HOOVER You do de pulling', Sis Cow, en I'll do de gruntin JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS Sólo en tu corazón está "tu propio bien". Muchos de los consejeros son fanáticos del auto-e... VIOLET FLORENCE MARTIN Para mí, el azul mediterráneo ya no es bonito. La transparencia de sus aguas, tan valorada por los... JONATHAN FRANZEN Y con solo el poder de tus pisadas, enloqueces los corazones de Reyes y Damas, los Caballeros te sue... JORGE EDUARDO CONTRERAS SALCEDO -Te echo de menos. -Vaya tontería. Nos hemos visto esta mañana. -No es cuestión de tiem... RAINBOW ROWELL Dejaría yo de ser un hombre si tu incapacidad de mujer no te hiciera el doble de atractiva a mis oj... HENRIK IBSEN
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JOHN STEINBECK When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that ma... JOHN STEINBECK Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on the floor, I ... JOHN STEINBECK I know this--a man got to do what he got to do. JOHN STEINBECK In the hearts and minds of the people, the grapes of wrath were growing heavy for the vintage. JOHN STEINBECK It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. JOHN STEINBECK It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, bu... JOHN STEINBECK All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal. JOHN STEINBECK No one wants advice, only collaboration. JOHN STEINBECK Man is the only kind of varmint who sets his own trap, baits it, then steps on it. JOHN STEINBECK Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes l... JOHN STEINBECK A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. JOHN STEINBECK I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closel... JOHN STEINBECK The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong. JOHN STEINBECK And her eyes were on the highway, where life whizzed by. JOHN STEINBECK I guess this personal hide-and-seek is not unusual. And some people are 'it' all their lives - hopel... JOHN STEINBECK Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of th... JOHN STEINBECK I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. JOHN STEINBECK I guess there are never enough books. JOHN STEINBECK It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget�... JOHN STEINBECK I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or... JOHN STEINBECK But you can't start. Only a baby can start. You and me - why, we're all that's been. The anger of a ... JOHN STEINBECK Ghosts could walk freely tonight, without fear of the disbelief of men; for this night was haunted, ... JOHN STEINBECK Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody to be near him JOHN STEINBECK When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls ... JOHN STEINBECK It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness,... JOHN STEINBECK Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a ton... JOHN STEINBECK In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to m... JOHN STEINBECK A number of years ago I had some experience with being alone. For two succeeding years I was alone e... JOHN STEINBECK ...You are a little boy. You want the moon to drink from as a golden cup; and so, it is very likely ... JOHN STEINBECK A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. JOHN STEINBECK Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for i... JOHN STEINBECK He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. JOHN STEINBECK If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - ... JOHN STEINBECK Intention, good or bad, is not enough. JOHN STEINBECK I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction. JOHN STEINBECK I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. JOHN STEINBECK All of them had a restlessness in common. JOHN STEINBECK Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be co... JOHN STEINBECK And everywhere people asked him why he was walking through the country. Because he loved true t... JOHN STEINBECK Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think that Mack and the boys know everything that ... JOHN STEINBECK For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be bet... JOHN STEINBECK Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world. JOHN STEINBECK Do you think it's funny to be so serious when I'm not even out of high school?' she asked. 'I d... JOHN STEINBECK I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen. JOHN STEINBECK To the stars, on the wings of a pig. JOHN STEINBECK The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and ou... JOHN STEINBECK The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, dow... JOHN STEINBECK ...Samuel rode lightly on top of a book and he balanced happily among ideas the way a man rides whit... JOHN STEINBECK He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give ... JOHN STEINBECK No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us. JOHN STEINBECK In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and ... JOHN STEINBECK Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man. JOHN STEINBECK You're going to pass something down no matter what you do or if you do nothing. Even if you let your... JOHN STEINBECK Why do men like me want sons?" he wondered. "It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls... JOHN STEINBECK To be alive at all is to have scars. JOHN STEINBECK If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about ... JOHN STEINBECK Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't l... JOHN STEINBECK I was mean life a wolf. Now i'm mean like a weasel. When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an'... JOHN STEINBECK When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an' you're strong. Can't nobody beat a hunter. But when... JOHN STEINBECK But this—this is a ladder to climb to the stars.” Lee’s eyes shone. “You can never lose that... JOHN STEINBECK Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are ... JOHN STEINBECK And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing... JOHN STEINBECK Just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and ... JOHN STEINBECK Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mi... JOHN STEINBECK No one who is young is ever going to be old. JOHN STEINBECK ..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, an... JOHN STEINBECK It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. JOHN STEINBECK Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag. JOHN STEINBECK A man without words is a man without thought. JOHN STEINBECK When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else... JOHN STEINBECK But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thin... JOHN STEINBECK A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief. JOHN STEINBECK