Ole Sarvig > Quotes

“Efter midnat, naar epidemien har sejret totalt, og byen med alle sine senge er de søvnsyges hospital,

Der kan leves i disse timer inden morgengryet, men ingen tænker på det, alle sover.”
― Ole Sarvig, Grønne digte

“Am I on my way toward that light? Are we always on our way toward the light like a shining blinding opening out of time and darkness? I ask myself as I walk on. I don't know where these words come from, because I'm not aware that I've ever had such thoughts before or that I've inherited such words. Is that what it's all about? Always under way? Always alone? Under way from this group in the half darkness, from these beings who will always follow us, never completely pale around us, no matter where we are, but who can be found around us in those closest to us, in those we meet, even if we travel across the sea...”
― Ole Sarvig, Sea Beneath My Window