"I'm afraid love is just a word."

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Source : Hollands Diep Magazine Interview, July/August 2010.

Harry Mulisch

#Love Is Quotes #Love Is Just A Word Quotes

“It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.”
“It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.”
“I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor; do not try the law; do not think of the ministry; let alone all ships and merchandise; abhor politics; don't practice medicine; be not a farmer or a soldier or a sailor; don't study, don't think. None of these are easy. O, my son, you have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave!”
“Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions...”
“I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men.”

Source : Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson (2014). “Secrets and Lies - The Real Story of Political Scandal That Mesmerised the World - The Profumo Affair”, p.17, John Blake Publishing
“You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.”
“I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.”
“I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. Now, my fingers hovered over my track pad, moving the cursor down to his comment section before I stopped myself. What was the point? Anything I said now would only be an afterthought. Elizabeth who goes by her middle name”

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