Vesaas Tarjei Quotes & Sayings

Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things. — Joe Biden

Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors. — Tarjei Vesaas

The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance. — Martha Grimes

His face was neither handsome nor anything else. It just was. — Tarjei Vesaas

I bought two tall six-packs of Schlitz and went back to my place and drank down the requiem. — Charles Bukowski

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was right when he claimed, 'In politics, what begins in fear usually ends up in folly.' Political activists are more inclined, though, to heed an observation from Richard Nixon: 'People react to fear, not love. They don't teach that in Sunday school, but it's true.' That principle, which guided the late president's political strategy throughout his career, is the sine qua non of contemporary political campaigning. Marketers of products and services ranging from car alarms to TV news programs have taken it to heart as well.

The short answer to why Americans harbor so many misbegotten fears is that immense power and money await those who tap into our moral insecurities and supply us with symbolic substitutes. — Barry Glassner

One of his followers murmured agreement, but another quietly slipped away. Now there was Norton and four others. Maybe that wasn't so bad. Christ Himself could only find twelve. — Stephen King

Yes, I know," Isadora said, and then read her poem, leaning forward so Carmelita Spats would not overhear:
"I would rather eat a bowl of vampire bats
than spend an hour with Carmelita Spats."
The Baudelaires giggled and then covered their mouths so nobody would know they were laughing at Carmelita.
"That was great," Klaus said. "I like the part about the bowl of bats. — Lemony Snicket

... a hundred fools together will not make one wise man. — Arthur Schopenhauer

It must be because I've got a permanent job for the first time in my life,he thought. That's why I can't help hearing all sorts of things. — Tarjei Vesaas

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job. — Ron Howard

Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible. — A. J. McLean

What you want most you push away from you.
You want more than you care to admit. — Tarjei Vesaas

What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever? — Tarjei Vesaas

The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you. — Tarjei Vesaas

One must gradually learn the truth about the boundaries between what is great and what is small. — Tarjei Vesaas

Where the Flame was burning

By the long grey road
there is ash after a fire gone out
and signs of departure
in dust and heat.

That is all.
But the flame that burned
in the circle of the travellers
whirled only before the eye
in unextinguished longing.

They were travelling for a dream
and could give all,
and must go on in their searchings
and their unease,
and the bonfire burned on
in every edge of sight,
whilst new searchers dug in the ashes
and in the ground under the ashes,
and it is dream
that is happiness
for those journeying. — Tarjei Vesaas

I say again, you must feel you are freed. It's not right for you to go on as you are. It's not like you. You're a different person. Don't answer. It's not meant to be answered. But it's like the gleaming of stars in a well. And no explanation. — Tarjei Vesaas

This gave him another opportunity to use one of those words that hung before him, shining and alluring. Far away in the distance there were more of them, dangerously sharp. Words that were not for him, but which he used all the same on the sly, and which had an exciting flavour and gave him a tingling feeling in the head. They were a little dangerous, all of them. — Tarjei Vesaas

Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes. — Tarjei Vesaas

I have liberal friends. They are misguided, they are wrong. I disagree with them. I don't want them to vote. I want them to go on vacation in November. — Sean Hannity

I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that obscure words come from obscure thoughts. — Tarjei Vesaas