Integrity is a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They are pure hyena.
– Jonathan Franzen: Freedom
Når det nu alligevel er
[…] i det daglige betød det ikke så meget for mig, om stedet var højre- eller venstreorienteret eller hyklerisk på den gode eller den dårlige måde.
– Murakami: Norwegian Wood (om kollegium i Tokyo)
Midnight at a loss
Midnight shakes the memory as a madman shakes a dead geranium.
– T. S. Eliot
In and out
When there were cicadas earlier in the summer it was good. Their singing was like blood rushing in her ears. It was one of those outside inside things.
– Edward St. Aubyn: Never Mind
Falling flat
Like many flatterers, he was not aware that he irritated the people he flattered.
Edward St Aubyn: Never Mind
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)