Sanne

“Hesperus, you are
The most fetching star.
What Dawn flings afield
You bring back together -
Sheep to the fold, goats to the pen,
And the child to his mother again.

Nightingale,
All you sing
Is desire;
You are the crier
Of coming spring”
― Sappho, Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

“Han gikk og gikk, men ikke noe hendte,
skjønt det var fullt av folk på alle hold.
Og knøttet møtte ingen som han kjente,
for knøttet var et meget ensomt lite troll,
og altfor sky og blyg til å si : Hei!
Kan jeg få snakke litt med deg?”
― Tove Jansson

“Some call ships, infantry or horsemen
The greatest beauty earth can offer;
I say it is whatever a person
Most lusts after.

Showing you all will be no trouble:
Helen surpassed all humankind
In looks but left the world's most noble
Husband behind,

Coasting off to Troy where she
Thought nothing of her loving parents
And only child but, led astray...

... and I think of Anaktoria
Far away,...

And I would rather watch her body
Sway, her glistening face flash dalliance
Than Lydian war cars at the ready
And armed battalions.”
― Sappho, Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

“En morgen våknet jeg helt av meg selv. Her finnes det en mulighet, tenkte jeg.”
― Kim Hiorthøy, Du kan ikke svikte din beste venn og bli god til å synge samtidig