Kategori: Poesi

Be careful how you talk about God. He’s the only God we have. If you let him go he won’t come back. He won’t even look back over his shoulder. And then what will you do? Harold Pinter Ashes to Ashes

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When the storm is over and night falls and the moon is out in all its glory and all you’re left with is the rhythm of the sea, of the waves, you know what God intended for the human race, you know what paradise is. Harold Pinter, Party Time

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Hamsun

Vakker? Hun var deilig, hun var syndig søt. Øine som råsilke, armer av rav! Bare et enkelt blik av hende var forførende som et kys og når hun kaldte på mig jog hendes stemme mig som en stråle af vin like ind i hjertet. (Sult)

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Den gode hyrde

10 Pass dere for å forakte en eneste av disse små! For jeg sier dere: De har sine engler i himmelen som alltid ser min himmelske Fars ansikt. 11 ¤Menneskesønnen er jo kommet for å berge de bortkomne.† 12 Hva mener dere? Dersom en mann har hundre sauer og én av dem går seg vill, […]

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A small country has fewer people. Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed. The people take death seriously and do not travel far. Though they have boats and carriages, no one uses them. Though they have armour and weapons, no one displays them. […]

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A soldier caught in an ambush — looking for safety while returning fire, with ears ringing and skin pouring sweat — can feel utterly alone, trapped in a box of crisscrossing lead and terrifying sound, with death an instant away. J. Chivers og fotograf Tylor Hicks opplever bakholdsangrep i Karengal-dalen i Afghanistan.

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The More Loving One

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection […]

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Wang Xilin

……Your music is so autobiographical, harsh and dark. Wang: Damn right. My music is devoid of tenderness or love. It’s like a big dark lake, which contains all the mud, tears, blood, sighs, and screams from its surrounding rivers. That’s why it’s heavy, deep and dark. Some sissy artists used to say that love is […]

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Alle de store mænd

Alle de store mænd Alle de store mænd begynder med A: Adam, Abraham, Archimedes, Aristofanes Alexander, Androkles, Adolf Woody Allen og Anders Fogh Rasmussen. De, der ikke gør er enten undtagelser som bekræfter regelen eller plattenslagere. Jesus er et godt eksempel på det første Muhammed på det andet: I kamelernes rige kan enhver tobenet gå […]

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Silence

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. Samuel Beckett

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