“To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.”
― The Possibility of an Island
― The Possibility of an Island
“The main point about civility is...the ability to interact with strangers without holding
their strangeness against them and without pressing them to surrender it or to renounce
some or all the traits that have made them strangers in the first place.”
― Liquid Modernity
their strangeness against them and without pressing them to surrender it or to renounce
some or all the traits that have made them strangers in the first place.”
― Liquid Modernity
“... uten en ekstrem velvilje overfor livet i sin alminnelighet, en gjennomstrømmende sympati for alt omkring en, ingen litteratur overhodet. Eller med Handkes ord altså: hengivenhet. Hengivenhet til en verden man ikke nødvendigvis ønsker eller klarer å ha så altfor mye med å gjøre. Hengivenhet også til verden som et bedritent sted å være. Hengivenhet, åkkesom, til verden og de mennesker som bebor dem. Hengivenhet hinsides godt og ondt.”
― Der jeg tenker er det alltid mørkt
― Der jeg tenker er det alltid mørkt
“Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.”
― Platform
― Platform
“Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.”
― Concrete
― Concrete
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