Frank Hestvik

“Feeling like what, Cassandra Mortmain? Flat? Depressed? Empty? If so, why, pray?

I thought if I made myself write I should find out what is wrong with me, but I haven't, so far. Unless — could I possibly be jealous of Rose?

I will pause and search my innermost soul . . .

I have searched it for a solid five minutes. And I swear I am not jealous of Rose; [..]”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Whoever loves the more is at a disadvantage and must suffer”
― Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger

“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“(jeg liker godt å ligge i sengen og lytte til bråk, jeg forestiller meg ting, ser alt for meg; det minner meg om den gangen jeg var barn og foreldrene mine festet, jeg ble sendt til sengs, og her ligger jeg og hører lydene av min egen barndom, det er lyden av ensomhet og avstand, det må være fantasiens lyd, kanskje er det også skrivingens lyd)”
― Tomas Espedal, Brev