"Memory is like a dog that lies down…" — Cees Nooteboom
"Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases."
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13 Quotes by Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom has 13 quotes on this site.
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Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.
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Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage…
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So-called real life has only once interfered with me, and it had been a far cry from what the words,…
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The world is a never-ending cross-reference.
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Man has been thrown into the world. It had always made him think of Icarus and those other great tumblers,…
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Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.
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I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.
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She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.
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I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.
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I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.
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As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional,…
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He regarded life as a rather odd club of which he had accidentally become a member and from which one…
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you…
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call…
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If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats…
— Antonio Banderas
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When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
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We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children…
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I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being…
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
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