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  • I should have burned the good candles

    I should have burned the good candles

    A few days ago I saw a tweet that said: ‘The best New Year’s resolution I ever made was to start devouring all my nicest things, and save no small pleasure for an unspecified future. Now I burn the good candles, wear the expensive perfume at home, scribble imperfectly in pretty notebooks. You can’t pin…

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    January 3, 2023
  • Digital wisdom: 6 online articles I absolutely loved

    Digital wisdom: 6 online articles I absolutely loved

    The internet is a big, big place, and it’s easy to get lost in the wilderness of spam, clickbait, trash and memes. But every now and then, you run into something really good. Something that makes you think for days, something that inspires you, something that makes you gasp in surprised recognition. I love those…

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    August 16, 2022
  • I need to stop watching the clock

    I need to stop watching the clock

    My mind has been so loud lately, impatience seeping from every thought. Impatience for what, I don’t know. For something new, for the leaves to turn brown, for writing inspiration, for my hair to grow out, for life. Time seems to be moving so fast I forget I exist right now, too. This summer taught…

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    August 15, 2022
  • Review: a surprising Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

    Review: a surprising Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

    Even though I went into Elena Knows without any expectations, Claudia Piñeiro still somehow ended up not being what I expected. Where you might expect a simple murder mystery, this story eventually crawls itself a way into your heart to tug at the strings there. Elena Knows Elena’s daughter died of alleged suicide three months…

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    August 14, 2022
  • Hell is where the sun is (an ode to summertime sadness)

    Hell is where the sun is (an ode to summertime sadness)

    I’m ready for summer to be over. I’m tired of the sun rubbing me raw, skin and soul and everything in between. All is laid bare in this glaring light and I hate being forced to honesty. Summer will make you feel guilty for hiding away until you drag your sadness out of the shadows…

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    August 10, 2022
  • Review: Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord

    Review: Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord

    In Notes on Heartbreak, Annie Lord nails down the heartbreak experience like no other and I think this is an extremely comforting read for people going through it. Notes on Heartbreak Unfortunately I have to report that I am going through a bad case of heartbreak myself. As a result, I’m gathering all the reads…

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    August 6, 2022
  • Autobiography – a story of my home in prose

    Autobiography – a story of my home in prose

    Do you want to see my home? Please, step through the door. Come in. Here’s the desk I haven’t been writing at – I guess that makes it the same as any other corner of my house. Sorry, I don’t know why I showed you. Here’s the long-empty bottle of gin left by a man…

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    June 8, 2022
  • Sonder: ‘Soms vraag ik me af of ik onzichtbaar ben, simpelweg omdat niemand me ziet’

    Sonder: ‘Soms vraag ik me af of ik onzichtbaar ben, simpelweg omdat niemand me ziet’

    Ik heb burgerlijk zijn tot een kunst verheven en ging standaard na zeven uur ’s avonds liever de deur niet uit als ik geen plannen had, laat staan dat ik voor de lol een wandeling ging maken. Maar nu heb ik sinds twee maanden een puppy, wat betekent dat ik zo’n zes keer per dag…

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    July 28, 2021
  • Recensie: Breaking bread with the dead van Alan Jacobs

    Recensie: Breaking bread with the dead van Alan Jacobs

    Lees jij nog wel eens oude boeken? Zelfs als je het niet eens bent met de normen en waarden van de auteur of hoofdpersonen? Want laten we eerlijk zijn: het gros van de overleden schrijvers is racistisch, seksistisch, antisemitisch of simpelweg een beetje een lul. Professor Alan Jacobs pleit in zijn boek Breaking bread with…

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    April 20, 2021
  • Recensie: De zin van het leven van Fokke Obbema

    Recensie: De zin van het leven van Fokke Obbema

    De zin van het leven, wat is die nou precies? Ik vind het moeilijk daar antwoord opgegeven. Momenteel ren ik als permanent gestreste twintiger door het leven en maak ik me constant druk over dingen als het vinden van een nieuwe baan, mijn huur betalen, mijn constant-tochtende-schimmelende-longontsteking-gevende hoopje ellende van een appartement, en het verdelen…

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    April 6, 2021

Quirine Brouwer

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