“She put her hand on my shoulder, and her eyes let me know, just crouch down, hold tight, there's a little bit of pain for you, but not too much.” Bobcat Book:Bobcat and Other Stories Source: Bobcat and Other Stories
“And I did long for it, to say one true sentence of my own, to leap into the subject, that sturdy vessel travelling upstream through the axonal predicate into what is possible; into the object, which is all possibility; into what little we know of the future, of eternity--the light of which, incidentally, was streaming in on us just then through the high windows. Above Stasselova's head the storm clouds were dispersing, as if frightened by some impending goodwill, and I could see tht the birds were out again, forming into that familiar pointy hieroglyph, as they're told to do from deep within.” BobcatRebecca LeeThe Banks Of The Vistula Book:Bobcat and Other Stories Source: Bobcat and Other Stories
“Dat is het probleem met woorden. Hun oppervlak is te klein om te laten doorschemeren wie je onder dat oppervlak misschien bent, hoe mededeelzaam en warm, hoe vlot, hoe relaxed, hoe cool, en dus komt het allemaal nogal belachelijk en onhandig en onbeholpen naar buiten” Taal Book:Bobcat and Other Stories Source: Bobcat and Other Stories
“Meanwhile, Susan looked carefully into each of our faces. She was actually waiting for us to answer, to give reasons why people fall in love and get married. Nobody knows, I wanted to say. Nobody really knows. But that doesn't mean you're allowed to not do it.” Marriage Book:Bobcat and Other Stories Source: Bobcat and Other Stories