Karin Tidbeck > Quotes

“Why did you make me?" you said.

"I made you so that I could love you," I said.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Sing

“Mostly because I’ve realized what a lame teenager I was. I was always home at the stroke of midnight; I didn’t like drinking mash; I didn’t have sex. I read books and had an inferiority complex because I was afraid to do all that other stuff. I don’t know anything about being a badass punk rocker.”
― Karin Tidbeck

“People who hurt others are the ones with the best imagination,” Rebecka said.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“In some places, time is a weak and occasional phenomenon. Unless someone claims time to pass, it might not, or does so only partly; events curl in on themselves to form spirals and circles.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“There are eight worlds, the first one said. They lie side by side, in degrees of perfection. This world is the most perfect one. Below these lines, written in a different ink, was: There is one single world, divided into three levels which are partitioned off from each other by greased membranes. Then in red ink: There are two worlds and they overlap. The first is the land of Day, which belongs to the humans. The second is the land of Twilight, which belongs to the free folk, and of which the woods is a little backwater part. Both lands must obey Time, but the Twilight is ruled by the Heart, whereas the Day is ruled by Thought. At the bottom of the page, large block letters proclaimed: ALL OF THIS IS TRUE.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Time was an abhorrent thing, a human thing. It didn’t belong here. It was that power which made flesh rot and dreams wither.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“I have to know… What is the nature of the world?" The djinneya smiled with both rows of teeth. "Which one?”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Bazı yerlerde zaman, zayıf ve ara sıra gerçekleşen bir fenomendir. Birisi onun geçtiğini iddia etmediği sürece zaman geçmeyebilir veya sadece kısmen geçer; olaylar spiraller ve çemberler oluşturacak biçimde kendi içlerine kıvrılır.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Anna okuduğu derginin sayfalarını düzelterek başını sağa sola salladı. "O Koenig & Bauer'e aşık olmaktan öğrendiğim bir şey var. Delicesine âşık olmanın hiçbir değeri yok. Gerçek dünyada bir karşılığı yok." Yatağının kenarında duran buhar makinesini başıyla işaret etti. "Ben ve Hercules, birbirimizi anlıyoruz. Birbirimize özen gösteriyoruz. Bu tür bir aşk daha iyi bence.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Ve zdravé komuně knihovníci knihovny nepodpalují.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Amatka

“Delicesine âşık olmanın hiçbir değeri yok. Gerçek dünyada bir karşılığı yok.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Chyběla jim obloha starého světa. Stýskalo se jim po světle. Tolik o tom mluvili, že nakonec se skutečně něco objevilo: slunce, rozžhavená koule, která se zjevila na obloze a spálila kolonii na uhel. Takový už je svět, ve kterém žijeme, vysvětlil jim učitel Jonas. Slova je potřeba střežit. Občan, který nestřeží svá slova, může přivodit zkázu komuny.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Amatka

“Na jazyku, kterým psala Berolsova Anna, bylo něco zvláštního. Jakoby podstatu slov i předmětů chápala hlouběji než kdokoliv jiný. Její básně nebyly obyčejné rýmovačky sloužící k označování nebo popisu světa. Vanja měla pocit, jako by skleníky už označování nepotřebovaly, protože slova Berolsovy Anny ustanovila jejich existenci jednou provždy.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Amatka

“There was a sensation in my chest, a churning. I couldn’t put words to it then. But it was a knowledge that there was something out there. That there was a hole in the world. And a longing to go there. I still have that longing, but it doesn’t overwhelm me like it used to. Until now. There’s something about the light here that makes the longing bloom.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“When I was little, I could sit for hours looking out the window. It could be because of a certain kind of music, or because it was dusk, or a certain slant of the light. There was a sensation in my chest, a churning. I couldn't put words to it then. But it was a knowledge that there was something out there. That there was a hole in the world. And a longing to go there. I still have that longing, but it doesn't overwhelm me like it used to. Until now. There's something about the light here that makes the longing bloom.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Jagannath

“Pojmenovali Kolonii 5 po záři na obloze — a vesmír na to odpověděl.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Amatka

“The sight brought a painful sensation Cilla could neither name nor explain. It was like a longing, worse than anything she had ever experienced, but for what she had no idea. Something tremendous waited out there. Something wonderful was going to happen, and she was terrified that she would miss it.”
― Karin Tidbeck, Reindeer Mountain