Man has been thrown into the world. It had always made him think of Icarus and those other great tumblers, Ixion, Phaeton, Tantalus - all these jumpers without parachutes from a world of gods and heroes.
She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed. - Cees Nooteboom
She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.
- Cees Nooteboom
I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist. - Cees Nooteboom
I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases. - Cees Nooteboom
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.
Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say. - Cees Nooteboom
Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.
Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is. - Cees Nooteboom
Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is.
I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me. - Cees Nooteboom
I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.
I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other. - Cees Nooteboom
I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.
Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair. - Cees Nooteboom
Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying f… - Cees Nooteboom
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying f…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion