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“Maar als we ons opmaken iemands innerlijk te begrijpen? Is dat een reis waar ooit een einde aan komt? Is de ziel het domein van feitelijkheden? Of zijn de vermeende feitelijkheden niet meer dan de bedrieglijke schaduwen van onze verhalen?”

Book:Night Train to Lisbon

Work

Night Train to Lisbon

This book follows the journey of a middle-aged man who travels to Lisbon in search of personal and historical truths, intertwining his own life story with the past. more

Author

Pascal Mercier

Pascal Mercier is a French writer born on June 23, 1944. His works are known for their profound philosophical thinking and unique narrative style. more

“He pulls out the pipe I stole and sticks it between his teeth. “What do you think?” he asks around the stem. “Do I look noble?” I snatch it away, and his teeth close with a clack. “Don’t you know that will kill you?” He stares at me a minute, a mischievous light coming into his eyes. Then suddenly he lunges at me. “Give it back!” “It’s mine! I stole it!” “I saved you from getting flogged!” He makes a grab for the pipe, and I roll aside, holding it out of his reach. With a wicked laugh, he tickles my side, and I drop the pipe as I hasten to shove him away. Aladdin picks up the pipe and brandishes it triumphantly, while I lie in the grass and laugh.”

Pipe Aladdin Mine Tickle Stole Zhara

Book:The Forbidden Wish

Source: The Forbidden Wish

“If you're not free to love, your're not free at all.”

Zahra Aladdin Jinn The Forbidden Wish Jessica Khoury

Book:The Forbidden Wish

Source: The Forbidden Wish

“Because happiness itself is a mythical construct, a dream you humans tell yourselves to get through each day. It is the moon, and you, like the sun, pursue it relentlessly, chasing it around and around, getting nowhere.”

Zahra

Book:The Forbidden Wish

Source: The Forbidden Wish