I am not standing on a strange beach in the Aegean Sea any more. But the waves are still breaking on the beach, making the stones roll forwards and backwards, changing places through all eternity.

we cry when something is sad. Then we often shed a tear when something's beautiful as well. When something's funny or ugly , we laugh. Perhaps we are sad when something is beautiful because we know that it won't last forever. Then we start laughing when somethings is ugly because we understand that it's only a joke.

Clowns are funny to look at because they're so dreadfully ugly. When they take off their clown mask in front of a mirror, they become handsome. That's why clowns are so sad and unhappy every time they go into their circus caravans and slam the door behind them....

We see everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.

If i were to draw something, and i knew that what i was drawing would come alive when the drawing was finished., i wouldn't dare to draw anything at all. I would never dare to give life to something that couldn't defend itself against all those ambitious colored pencils

Both the creation and the heaven are such great mystery that neither human beings on earth nor the angels in heaven can comprehend it. But there is something in the firmament that is not quite right. Something has gone wrong with the whole of the great design.

All stars fall at some time. But a star is only a tiny spark from the great beacon in the sky.



-Through a Glass, Darkly-
Jostein gaardner.