Harry Martinson

Jag frågade mig själv men glömde svara.
Jag drömde mig ett liv men glömda vara.
Jag reste alltet runt men glömde fara -
ty jag satt fånge här i Aniara.

Pic. Barbro

Paul Tournier

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Pic: Barbro 

Forgiveness

Pic: Barbro

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dark because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

Desmond Tutu

Sky

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Buddha

Pic: Barbro

Autumn

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

Thomas Hood

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Hjalmar Söderberg

Man vill bli älskad
I brist derpå beundrad,
I brist derpå fruktad,
I brist derpå avskydd og foraktad
Man vill ingiva människorna
någon slags känsla.
Själen ryser for tomrommet
och vill kontakt till vad pris som helst.

Hjalmar Söderberg 

Painting by Christophe Hohler

You are free and that is why you are lost

Words by Franz Kafka
Pic by me - art by Catrine Maske