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“Et land uten kultur har ikke livets rett som land. Det eneste unntaket her er Belgia.”
― Norsk litteraturhistorie fritt etter hukommelsen
― Norsk litteraturhistorie fritt etter hukommelsen
“Bokens personer, i den rekkefølge de opptrer:
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Liket ......... Ja, det opptrer jo ikke, det bare ligger der. Side 55”
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Liket ......... Ja, det opptrer jo ikke, det bare ligger der. Side 55”
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“He pursued the problem like the sleuth-hound that he was. If Smee was lovable, what was it that made him so? A terrible answer suddenly presented itself: "Good form?"
Had the bo'sun good form without knowing it, which is the best form of all?”
― Peter Pan
Had the bo'sun good form without knowing it, which is the best form of all?”
― Peter Pan
“[Hook] had one last triumph, which I think we need not grudge him. As he stood on the bulwark looking over his shoulder at Peter gliding through the air, he invited him with a gesture to use his foot. It made Peter kick instead of stab.
At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved.
"Bad form," he cried jeeringly, and went content to the crocodile.”
― Peter Pan
At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved.
"Bad form," he cried jeeringly, and went content to the crocodile.”
― Peter Pan
“In any case, the expression ‘real life’ in this context seems to fall short of academic standards. The notion that motor-cars are more ‘alive’ than, say, centaurs or dragons is curious; that they are more ‘real’ than, say, horses is pathetically absurd. How real, how startingly alive is a factory chimney compared with an elm tree: poor obsolete thing, insubstantial dream of an escapist!
For my part, I cannot convince myself that the roof of Bletchley station is more ‘real’ than the clouds. And as an artefact I find it less inspiring than the legendary dome of heaven. The bridge to platform 4 is to me less interesting than Bifröst guarded by Heimdall with the Gjallarhorn. From the wildness of my heart I cannot exclude the question whether railway-engineers, if they had been brought up on more fantasy, might not have done better with all their abundant means than they commonly do.”
― The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
For my part, I cannot convince myself that the roof of Bletchley station is more ‘real’ than the clouds. And as an artefact I find it less inspiring than the legendary dome of heaven. The bridge to platform 4 is to me less interesting than Bifröst guarded by Heimdall with the Gjallarhorn. From the wildness of my heart I cannot exclude the question whether railway-engineers, if they had been brought up on more fantasy, might not have done better with all their abundant means than they commonly do.”
― The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
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