Quote by: Cees Nooteboom

When Sartre says man has been thrown into the world, he is alone, there is no God, we are responsible for what we are, what we do, I say yes!" The affirmative echoed around the woods. The dog pricked up his ears. This man has no one to talk to, thought Inni. "But when he then asks me to be responsible for the world as well, for others, I say no! No. Why should I be? 'When man chooses himself, he chooses all men.' Why? I have not asked for anything. I have nothing to do with the vermin I see around me. I live out my time because I have to, that is all.


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Author Bio


  • NameCees Nooteboom
  • DescriptionDutch writer
  • BornJuly 31, 1933
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist
  • AwardsP. C. Hooft Award; Constantijn Huygens Prize; Austrian State Prize For European Literature; Grand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Jan Campert Prize; Charlemagne Medal For European Media; Multatuli Award; Prijs Der Nederlandse Letteren; Herman Gorterprijs; Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize; Cestoda Price