Quotes From "De Helaasheid Der Dingen" By Dimitri Verhulst

1
It was truer to my father to let the songs he'd sung die with him, little by little, averse at a time. How could these art-mongers constantly ignore the mortality of beauty, a pleonasm if ever I'd heard one? Dimitri Verhulst
2
Any similarity between existing people and certain characters in this book is due solely to insight into human nature. Dimitri Verhulst
3
I've never had any rights in this country and I'm happy to renounce any I'm supposed to have. That way they can't bother me. Dimitri Verhulst