# Quote — Cees Nooteboom, The Following Story

> Besides, I simply had to get back to my books right away, because the company of most people, once the predictable events have taken their course, does not inspire conversation on my part.

- Author: [Cees Nooteboom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cees-nooteboom.md)
- Book: [The Following Story](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cees-nooteboom/the-following-story.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cees_Nooteboom#The_Following_Story_(1991)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cees-nooteboom/the-following-story/besides-i-simply

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> The world is a never-ending cross-reference.

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> For the sake of having her with me I had to tolerate the shadow of a tracksuited poet, but one who has taken the guise of a man in love will indiscriminately eat and drink platefuls of thistles, barrels of vinegar.

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> My tears are only triggered by kitsch.

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