“And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist–or worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.”

East of Eden, John Steinbeck, 1952

“We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,

Frae morning sun till dine;

But seas between us braid hae roar’d,

Sin’ auld lang syne.”

Auld Lang Syne, Robert Burns, 1788

“It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.”

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, 1891

Ik ben een paard.

Tja, ik dacht, ik vertel het even voor het stuk begint anders was het misschien niet helemaal duidelijk geweest… ik bedoel, zo zonder costum. En ik zei het nog niemand gaat door hebben dat ik een paard ben, maar de regiseur zei: speel een paard en de mensen zien een paard.

De Drie Musketrienes, aangepast script van De Drie Musketiers