Fire Quote by Hendrik Groen

“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

“It was one of those days when you're dragging life along behind you like a bag full of sand.”

— Hendrik Groen

“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

“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

“And after that trip, I'll have to come up with another plan. As long as there are plans, there's life.”

— Hendrik Groen

“I tend to choose the path of least confrontation. My specialty: wanting to please everybody.”

— Hendrik Groen

“Mrs. Aupers is relatively new here. She has taken to reading aloud the newspaper obituaries at coffee every morning.”

— Hendrik Groen

“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

“He couldn’t get over it: some Chinese man paid €310,000 for a Belgian prize pigeon.”

— Hendrik Groen

“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

“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

“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