...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.
The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.