Daily Dose

From The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Torbjorn Stoverud and Michael Barnes

THEY

"They raised themselves on their elbows, compelled by the earnestness of his voice and the gleam in his eye.
'Yes? We're listening,' they said, expectantly."

From Chapter 21

A Caricature

A Caricature

Daily Dose

From My Struggle, Book One, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated by Don Bartlett

THE ONLY THING

"The only thing I have learned from life is to endure it, never to question it, and to burn up the longing generated by this in writing."

From Pg. 41, this edition

Daily Dose

From My Struggle, Book One, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated by Don Bartlett

CONSTANT

"However, this constant improvisation increases the significance of the moment, which of course then becomes extremely eventful since nothing about it is automatic, and if our lives feel good, which naturally they do at times, there is a great sense of togetherness and a correspondingly intense happiness. Oh, how we beam."

From Pg. 39, this edition