Par Lagerkvist Quotes

Τι είναι το παιχνίδι; Είναι η άνευ σημασίας ενασχόληση με το τίποτα. Ο παράξενος τρόπος να χειρίζεσαι τα πράγματα ξεκινώντας από την προϋπόθεση πως υποκρίνεσαι.

Children can be alone without anyone knowing it, even when they're surrounded by love. Yes, I must have been an odd child, though it didn't show so much at first. I went about on my own, and was hardly ever with others my age. ... The person I was with most often was my mother. No doubt we were much alike--both serious. We walked and talked with each other as if we were the same age and had the same experience of life. In fact, neither of us knew much about it. She was quite untouched by what is usually called by that name--by all the meanness, malice and confusion which men call life and which they pride themselves on knowing so well. She knew only the simple things: what is was like to bear children and then lose them, what is was like to love a man who had been young and strong and who was growing toil-worn like herself. Such things she knew, and it may be called enough.

Beyond the gods, beyond all that falsifies and coarsens the world of holiness, beyond all lies and distortion, all twisted divinities and all the abortions of human imagination, there must be something stupendous which is inaccessible to us. Which, by our very failure to capture it, demonstrates how inaccessible it is. Beyond all the sacred clutter the holy thing must exist. That I believe, of that I am certain.

There are people who enter a place, and suddenly, it lights up. It's not about their beautiful smiles, but as if the sun itself lives in them, radiating and making you feel happy in their company. And the most fascinating thing about them is that you don't need to take anything from them. It's just sun. Their inner light guides their path, giving them strength & support to move forward. They often look fragile, as if the harsh wind could blow them off, like a candle. But if they were to perish, the world would drown in darkness. It would suddenly awake from a sweet dream filled with beauty, only to find itself facing a harsh, unsightly reality. They are the people of the sun, with their unshakeable core and unconquerable spirit, guided by their inner covenant and principles that shape them. They walk through life as if they know that no harm can truly befall them, because their existence itself a necessity. They seem to belong to the eternal, primordial lineage of souls that withstood the test since time immemorial. They were, and they will remain so that the world may never awaken into eternal darkness.