“I want to be remembered as a professor who said a lot of stupid things to his students.”

“For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.”

“What you engage with is what you are engaged with!”

“To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.”

“Twee vliegtickets.' Je hebt niets waardevol dat je hier achterlaat. Maar toch vraag ik je om mij mee te nemen.”

“You know what?” His breath was warm against my cheek. “There are a lot of stupid things to do, but I really want to do the stupidest thing possible.”“What’s that?”“I want to kiss you.”

“Remember when I said that thing about not doing anything stupid?”“Yes.”“You screwed up.”