"The page has been deleted. Almost. The shallow signs on the surface, reminds us of something, once important, but we can't remember what was that." Ksenija Spanec
"Resignation is spreading like a cancer over me, stealing my last chance to be saved. What is the use of being saved anyway, when there's nothing more left to say." Ksenija Spanec
"We are building a tree house. There, we will lock forever, the taste of cherries, the summer wind and purple sunsets. Those memories will never touch the ground."
On my way to the Great Desert, or south of the Great Desert (can't be too specific about that). They tell me that there are pockets of resistance. There may be people who aren't brainwashed or connected to the Institute.
The Institute is celebrating the virtues of the petty bourgeoisie today. It points out ambition, envy, hypocrisy and selfishness as corner stones of The Institute. I refuse to participate in the event.
"What's he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines... He never waves when he goes by. He's hiding something from the rest of us... What the hell is he building... Rickard Falk
There are several other Scare Departments at The Institute; Disease Scare, Food Scare, Terrorist Scare etc. In fact the scares are often very real, but The Institute is paying less attention to inform and protect its Citizens than to scare them. People who are scared are easier to handle. Ulf Fågelhammar
The Institute's Scary Weather department provides forecasts and severe alerts. It is a sophisticated type of psychological warfare aimed at intimidating the Citizens. Hanna Lindgren
"As above, so below - True, without falsehood, certain and most true, that which is above is the same as that which is below, and that which is below is the same as that which is above. And as all things are from The Institute, so all things have their birth from The Institute.The Sun is its Father, the Moon its Mother, the Wind carries it in its belly, its nurse is the Earth. We are The Institute of all perfection, or consummation of the whole world." Rickard Falk
Fog reminds me of childhood. They say that sound travels far on foggy days and although I lived 25 km from the coast I was sure that I could hear the sea - waves pounding the shore, a fishing boat. Ulf Fågelhammar
I’ve just reached a place Where the willow don’t bend There’s not much more to be said It’s the top of the end I’m going I’m going I’m gone - Bob Dylan Jonas Valthersson
The Institute promised that there would be sunshine every day at the Retreat and harmony and peace. I found nothing of that. In fact it has been quite dark for several weeks. Well, The Institute made me a sun to watch, so I guess that I should be content. Ulf Fågelhammar
Strings have a limited lifetime. Apart from obvious things, such as the winding of a string coming undone from wear, players generally change a string when it no longer plays true, losing the desired tone. Jan Bernhardtz
Wenn die Irrtümer verbraucht sind Sitzt als letzter Gesellschafter Uns das Nichts gegenüber. When the errors are consumed The nothing will sit next to us as our last companion. /Bertolt Brecht Jan Bernhardtz
For more than a thousand years sad Ophelia Has passed, a white phantom, down the long black river. For more than a thousand years her sweet madness Has murmured its ballad to the evening breeze. Voici plus de mille ans que la triste Ophélie Passe, fantôme blanc, sur le long fleuve noir Voici plus de mille ans que sa douce folie Murmure sa romance à la brise du soir /Arthur Rimbaud Ulf Fågelhammar
“No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.” ― Franz Kafka, The Trial Johan Larsson