A procession of priests and laymen— each walk of life represented— moves through streets, squares, and gates of the famous city, Antioch. At the head of this imposing procession a handsome white-clad boy carries the Cross, his arms raised— our strength and hope, the holy Cross. The pagans, lately so full of arrogance, now reticent […]
The frivolous can call me frivolous. I’ve always been most punctilious about important things. And I insist that no one knows better than I do the Holy Fathers, or the Scriptures, or the Canons of the Councils. Whenever he was in doubt, whenever he had any ecclesiastical problem, Botaniatis consulted me, me first of all. […]
If I should die, And you should live, And time should gurgle on, And morn should beam, And noon should burn, As it has usual done; If birds should build as early, And bees as bustling go,– One might depart at option From enterprise below! ‘Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand When we […]
Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. T.S. Eliot Four Quartets «Little Gidding» (1942)
Out here the nights are long, the days are lonely I think of you and I’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream Now the cards I’ve drawn’s a rough hand, darlin’ I straighten my back and I’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream I’m working on a dream Though […]
I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having shown any change of disposition or character. This, I believe, arises firstly from causes that have already been discussed at length, namely, that the prince who relies entirely upon fortune is lost when it changes. I believe also that he […]
Niggeren Owens sprinter, germanerne stuper sprengt, Det blonde Stadion undres, og Føreren mørkner strengt. Men tenk da med trøst på alle jødiske kvinner og menn som sprang for livet i gaten – dem nådde dere igjen. Nordahl Grieg (1936)
IT is not unknown to me how many men have had, and still have, the opinion that the affairs of the world are in such wise governed by fortune and by God that men with their wisdom cannot direct them and that no one can even help them; and because of this they would have […]
Maggie M’gill Miss Maggie M’Gill she lived on a hill, Her daddy got drunk and left her no will, So she went down, Down to «Tangie Town» People down there really like to get it on Now, if you’re sad and you’re feelin’ blue, Go out and buy a brand new pair of shoes, And […]
Vad jag vet är, att av sjuka föräldrar och sjuka lärare fostras ännu sjukare barn, tills det sjuka har blivit norm och det friska en skräckbild. Karin Boy Kallocain
