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“Een maand na de dood van mijn vader hield mijn moeder grote schoonmaak. Zijn geur moest worden weggeschrobd, zijn geest verjaagd. Ze zeulde de matras van zijn ziekbed naar buiten en gaf hem er stevig van langs met de mattenklopper. Scheerkwast, nagelborstel, tandenborstel, klerenborstel - de brand erin, zuiveren en de rest in een diepe kuil begraven - geen haar of schilfer mocht er van hem achterblijven. Na een dag luchten, waarbij de ramen in hun haakjes huilden, stak ze een kaars aan en liepen we drie keer met een bibbervlam om het huis, daarmee sneden we de negatieve krachten die ons omsingelden voorgoed af. Voortaan zou zijn woede de deur van ons huis niet meer kunnen vinden en zijn geschreeuw ons niet meer uit de slaap houden. Zo bande ze mijn driftige vader uit - met dweil, luiwagen, mattenklopper en lucifers. En door de tafel zo tegen de muur te schuiven dat alleen zij nog aan het hoofd kon zitten.”

“Zonder mijn moeder was ik misschien wel een heel raar kind geworden. Ze bewaakte de rust en regelmaat in het huis. Mijn vader liet geen dag voorbijgaan of hij verzon iets nieuws. De zomerkermis in Beek, zelf pottenbakken in de Preekherengang, de geit van bomma in haar bedstede opsluiten, passanten opwachten achter de Helpoort en 'Boe' roepen. Voor kerst gaf hij me een beeld van een monnik, dat appelsap plaste als je op de kop duwde.”

“There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!”

“If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear -- but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister -- but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went.”

“Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a distant second. When I see a child clutching a book... to his or her tiny bosom, I'm moved. Children can possess a book in a way they can never possess a video game, a TV show, or a Darth Vader doll. A book comes alive when they read it. They give it life themselves by understanding it.”

“And what’s important to you?” I asked. Marshal thought while we maneuvered around Darth Vader, who was struggling to keep from hitting the wall with his helmet blocking his vision. “Success at work. Having fun doing it. Caring for someone and supporting their interests because you like to see them happy. Having them care about and support yours simply because they want to see you happy.”

“May the Force be with you.”

“The au pair was bug-eyed. "What happened back there?" "It's not our fault!" Dan babbled. "Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!" "They're Benedictine monks!" Nellie exclaimed. "They're men of peace! Most of them are under vows of silence!" "Yeah, well, not anymore," Dan told her. "They cursed us out pretty good. I don't know the language, but some things you don't have to translate.”