On Overgrown Paths Quotes
On Overgrown Paths
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“A ti, čovječe, sad razmišljam o tebi. Od svega živoga na tom svijetu, ti si rođen gotovo ni za šta. Ti budeš dobar ili zao, postojiš bez nekog zamišljenog cilja. Stižeš iz magle i vraćaš se u nju, tako si silno nesavršen.”
― On Overgrown Paths
― On Overgrown Paths
“Året er 1945. Den 26. mai kom politimesteren i Arendal til Nørholm og forkynte husarrest for min kone og meg for 30 dager. Jeg ble ikke varslet. Min kone utleverte ham på forlangende mine skytevåpen. Jeg måtte da skrive til politimesteren efterpå at jeg også hadde to store pistoler fra siste olympiaden i Paris, han kunne hente dem når han syntes. Samtidig skrev jeg at husarresten vel ikke var bokstavelig å forstå, jeg hadde jo jordbruk vidt omkring fra gården, og det trengte tilsyn. Efter noen tid kom lensmannsbetjenten i Eide og hentet de to pistoler.”
― On Overgrown Paths
― On Overgrown Paths
“And faced with that there is nothing one can say, no sensible question to ask. The mountains lie yonder in their full weight all to themselves; the forest is stone dead and utterly slain; all is silent; the snow lies there and is white and kind; the cold rejects all idea of equality by birth and will not let mankind have its say.
Time flies.”
― On Overgrown Paths
Time flies.”
― On Overgrown Paths
“Time flies. Snow has fallen; it is winter. At this point I stop. No one knows how long I have sat here thinking, but I got no further than that. I thought I might be able to say something fine and striking about snow and winter, but I failed. Never mind. I awoke one morning and found snow and winter; that is all. No, that is not all; snow and winter are evil to me.”
― On Overgrown Paths
― On Overgrown Paths
