FREDRIK HOSSMANN

I den timen gull og bly går hver sin vei – når du veies på kjærlighetens vekt og du finnes for lett eller tung. I den timen når kropp og sjel skiller lag og du og deg ikke lenger er den samme. I den timen når masken rives av deg og natten står naken foran deg.

I den gylne timen når dine barn, både de fødte og de ufødte skal dømme deg. I den gylne timen som venter alle et eller annet sted på veien. I den gylne timen når du dømmes til å vandre videre, eller du endelig får lov til å vende hjem.

Hele mitt liv, en lengsel etter å komme hjem.

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Fredrik Hossmann

The greatest wonder of all is that each day death strikes,
and we live as though we were immortal.

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Yudhisthira (from the Mahabharata)

Here a year or two back me and Loretta went to a conference in Corpus Christi and I got set next to this woman, she was the wife of somebody or other. And she kept talking about the right wing this and the right wing that.

I aint even sure what she meant by it. The people I know are mostly just common people. Common as dirt, as the sayin goes. I told her that and she looked at me funny. She thought I was sayin something bad about em, but of course that’s a high compliment in my part of the world. She kept on, kept on.

Finally told me, said: I don’t like the way this country is headed. I want my granddaughter to be able to have an abortion. And I said well mam I don’t think you got any worries about the way the country is headed. The way I see it goin I don’t have much doubt but what she’ll be able to have an abortion. I’m goin to say that not only will she be able to have an abortion, she’ll be able to have you put to sleep. Which pretty much ended the conversation.

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Cormac McCarthy