“Netherlands has some million and a half solitary old people, of whom over 300,000 are extremely lonely. That’s a lot.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“The Netherlands is a segregated society: white sticks with white, the Turks stick with the Turks, the poor stick with the poor, the ignorant stick with the ignorant. In our case there’s yet another dividing line: old stick with old.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“I’m determined to be a big spender in my old age. I want to empty my savings account before I no longer know what… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“It was one of those days when you're dragging life along behind you like a bag full of sand.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Good Friday. When I was young we had to observe a moment of silence at three o’clock to think about poor Jesus. If in… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Old plants should not be repotted,” Mrs. Schaap kept bleating at anyone who would listen. The fact that she compares herself to a plant… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“And after that trip, I'll have to come up with another plan. As long as there are plans, there's life.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“I tend to choose the path of least confrontation. My specialty: wanting to please everybody.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Aupers is relatively new here. She has taken to reading aloud the newspaper obituaries at coffee every morning.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Surmann decided to dry her wet slippers in the microwave. She set the timer for twenty minutes and then went to watch TV.… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“So indeed, yesterday I attended Feel Good Fitness. It was my first time. And also my last. When it was over and the instructor—“Call… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“He couldn’t get over it: some Chinese man paid €310,000 for a Belgian prize pigeon.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“There was a resident who made a habit of staying in bed all day on Friday the thirteenth, just to make sure nothing bad… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“My scooter now runs at a top speed of fifteen miles per hour, I think. Cyclists and even some motorcyclists are startled to see… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“I’ve been a bit constipated lately, you see, and the Virgin Mary calendar hangs in the bathroom. It has passages from the Bible but… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“In the elderly, that hormone surge can be just as great as in younger people. Says the newspaper. Which might explain why, when Eefje… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Even though I had forgotten to take along an extra incontinence pad, yesterday was a good day.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
