‘but than you are attacked by the infantry of the Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read (…)
the Books You’ve Been Planning To Read for Ages,
the Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, ..’
Italo Calvino
Eva Strus @evastrus
‘How we react to the tragedy of one small person
accurately reflects our attitude towards a whole nationality …’
Anna Politkovskaja, Is Journalism Worth Dying For?
2007 posthumously
‘I want to hear the humming of the sun
or that of my heart, that treacherous sponge that
hardens.’
Hugo Claus, Envoi (Alibi), 1985
Eva Strus, @evastrus
‘Words are not meant to stir the air only,
they are capable of moving greater things.’
Natsume Sōseki, Kokoro, (The Heart), 1914
Eva Strus, The French Landscape @evastrus