The world is a never-ending cross-reference. — Cees Nooteboom

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.

My tears are only triggered by kitsch.

That is the difference between gods and men. Gods can change themselves; humans can only be changed.