February 4, 2012

Dagens roliga mening

Filed under: In Swedish/PĂ„ svenska,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 17:11

“Strindberg: ditt penicillin mot optimism.”

~ Daniel Bystedt

February 3, 2012

Dagens visa mening

Filed under: Ego,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 17:00

LÄt inte andra definiera ditt liv.

April 26, 2011

Quote #22

Filed under: In English,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 11:39

“Nature never deceives us; we deceive ourselves.”

~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau (find out more about him here), from Emile (find the entire text here).

April 22, 2011

Quote #21

Filed under: Books,In English,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 17:59

“You mend clothes like dogs write poetry.”

~ from The Lies of Locke Lamora, page 117, written by Scott Lynch.

September 14, 2010

Barncitat 3

Filed under: In Swedish/PĂ„ svenska,Politik,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 08:37

I morgonkollektivtrafiken. Jag Àr omgiven av killar i 10-Ärs Äldern:

Kille 1: – Ey, idag ska vi pĂ„ studiebesök hos nazisterna.
Kille 2: – Va? Ska vi ha matlĂ„da med oss? Jag har ingen matlĂ„da.
Kille 1: – Vet inte.
Kille 3: – Men var ska ni nĂ„gonstans?
Kille 1: – Vi ska se pĂ„ Kristdemokraterna, Sverigedemokraterna och… andra demokrater.

July 17, 2010

Barncitat!

Filed under: In Swedish/PĂ„ svenska,Quotes,Text only — Sigrinn @ 13:22

Hört pÄ restaurang i Haga igÄr:

Liten flicka: – Jag vill inte ha smör – jag vill ha varulvar!

Flickans mamma: – VĂ„rrullar menar du nog, inte varulvar, varulvar Ă€r monster, du verkar ha fĂ„tt varulvar pĂ„ hjĂ€rnan.

April 25, 2010

Quote #20

Filed under: In English,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 03:36

“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk any more, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theatre, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather round a fire and tell stories.”

~ Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

April 18, 2010

Writer-in-residence at Heathrow…

Filed under: In English,Quotes,Text only — Sigrinn @ 14:25

The writer Alain de Button is stuck at Heathrow and thus philosophise about a future without airplanes:

In a future world without aeroplanes, children would gather at the feet of old men, and hear extraordinary tales of a mythic time when vast and complicated machines the size of several houses used to take to the skies and fly high over the Himalayas and the Tasman Sea.

Read the entire article here.

March 5, 2010

Barncitat

Filed under: In Swedish/PĂ„ svenska,Quotes — Sigrinn @ 23:41

Denna scen utspelades framför mina ögon nÀr jag var pÄvÀg hem frÄn jobbet idag:

Pojke i 7-ÄrsÄldern, till annan pojke i ungefÀr samma Älder:

- Om man Ă€r pĂ„ vĂ€g att bli ovĂ€nner ska man sĂ€ga “förlĂ„t” sĂ„ fort man bara kan, det har jag lĂ€st, för dĂ„ blir man inte ovĂ€nner.

October 26, 2009

Quote #19

Filed under: In English,Quotes,Text only — Sigrinn @ 22:51



“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

~ Rumi