Like many flatterers, he was not aware that he irritated the people he flattered.
Edward St Aubyn: Never Mind
Forfatter: Morten Juhl-Johansen
Life in the time of corona
I coughed, saw the doctor,
Thought everything was set
Turns out the Lord does not want me,
And the devil is not ready – yet.
Den ligeste linie
jeg fyrer af sted i den ligeste linie, men livet er ikke en retning
selvom mange gerne vil anskue det geometrisk
i den store forsimplings navn
Fra Fredspiben, et digt af Theis Ørntoft.
Mere om Theis Ørntoft i interviewet Theis Ørntoft: ’Verden er skizofren’ fra Information 2009.
Kom til kort
Tanker klare, men korte
Aldrig nok til en bog
Måske blot haiku
Stop my eyes to see
She was like a landscape you see from the train, and you want to stop just there.
– The Living Room, Graham Greene
Kompleksitet & diversitet
The more complex a society becomes, the more fully the law must take into account the diversity of the people who live in it… It is a matter in which the whole society is involved.
– Margaret Mead (via Brainpickings)
Colour me
Stay with me and help me to clothe my bitter thoughts in lovelier colours.
– Mathilda, Mary Shelley
Urge to reflect
You came into my life-not as one comes to visit, but as one comes to a kingdom where all the rivers have been waiting for your reflection, all the roads, for your steps.
– Vladimir Nabokov: Letters to Vera
Just keep hammering
We’re about to run our heads against the same unyielding barrier, and once again, the brass seem to have concluded that our approach isn’t working because we’re not running at the wall fast enough.
– Marko Kloos: Lines of Departure
Videnskaben!
Nu hvor store dele af befolkningen på kort tid tilsyneladende er blevet eksperter i epidemiologi og virologi kan man jo håbe på tilsvarende løft på andre videnskabelige områder. Jeg foreslår at vi bruger sommerferien på en intens offentlig debat om græsk filosofi. Vi kan jo godt!
– Svend Brinkmann på Twitter