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Cees Nooteboom quotes: I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.

I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.

Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.

I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.

Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Have you ever seen a woman canter over the hills in the twilight? Scandal sheets are no match for atavism.

Have you ever seen a woman canter over the hills in the twilight? Scandal sheets are no match for atavism.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is.

Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is.

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

The world is a never-ending cross-reference.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end.

As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.

Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.

She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.

I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.

Cees Nooteboom quotes: We are our secrets, and, if all goes well, we will take them with us to where no-one can touch them.

We are our secrets, and, if all goes well, we will take them with us to where no-one can touch them.