“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― douglas adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul It doesn’t matter how happy the music you are listening to is; after waiting in an unmoving train, your spirit fades. Slowly. Calm … Continue reading Limbo
“She loved the sea only for its storms, and greenery only when it was scattered among ruins.” ― Gustave Flaubert Romance. I never understood the fascination around it. My aunt used to devour piles of books with Tarzan-type of men on the cover. The writing varies very much, the plot is always the same, but … Continue reading Flat reality
“There is nothing so patient, in this world or any other, as a virus searching for a host.” ― Mira Grant, Countdown It’s been hard to sit down and write. I purposedly decided not to write “to find time” because it’s not true. I’ve been avoiding writing lately. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve … Continue reading Madame Bovary
“There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.” ― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps Yesterday I took the bus to the other side of the city. Since I … Continue reading Egyptian Mummies
“The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Distractions everywhere. Our world has become a bundle of screens screaming at us. I used to complain about the big … Continue reading A tad of sugar is enough
Chaos. Die Ritter der ersten Reihe wurden seitlich geschleudert, die hinteren holten ihre Schwerter aus den Scheiden und gaben ihr Bestes. Ein Kommandant kam zu mir und gab mir ein Pferd. Er sagte: – Renn, die anderen sind schon unterwegs. Hier ist keine Hoffnung mehr. Dann ging er. Ich wollte kämpfen. Aber manchmal muss man … Continue reading Der Schwan 4
Alles war schwarz. Kein Raum, keine Zeit. Und da standen sie. Gewaltig erhoben sich diese imposanten Figuren wie riesige Statuen in einer zeitlosen Wüste. Die leeren Augenhöhlen starrten mich an, während die weißen Marmorknochen gespannt in meiner Richtung warteten. Ihre Speere waren monumental. Mein Herz fing an zu rasen. Ich rannte. Wieder mal. Nur diesmal … Continue reading Der Schwan 3
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela I believe the day they told me it is ok to take the easy way I was not paying attention. … Continue reading Nausea
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness … Continue reading The song of the Sirens
“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he’s everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow … Continue reading The Fairy tale
Aromatic deception 