One of my many horrors is to become the man with the frayed jacket and unfastened flies standing at the Co-op counter with egg on his shirt and more too because the mirror in the hall has given up the ghost. A shipwrecked man without an anchor in the world except in his own liquid thoughts where time has lost its sequence.
A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something. - Per Petterson
A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.
- Per Petterson
Time is important to me now, I tell myself.Not that it should pass quickly or slowly, but only be time, be something I live inside and fill with phys… - Per Petterson
Time is important to me now, I tell myself.Not that it should pass quickly or slowly, but only be time, be something I live inside and fill with phys…
I write about families. That is who we are. - Per Petterson
I write about families. That is who we are.
A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room. - Per Petterson
A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.
In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because … - Per Petterson
In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because …
I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books. - Per Petterson
I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.
...when it came to dying, I was scared. Not of being dead, that I could not comprehend, to be nothing was impossible to grasp and therefore really no… - Per Petterson
...when it came to dying, I was scared. Not of being dead, that I could not comprehend, to be nothing was impossible to grasp and therefore really no…
But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards… - Per Petterson
But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards…
I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through. - Per Petterson
I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.
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