Sten Nadolny Quote

If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into villages or tilled land....He'd be recognized as human only when he stirred.


The Discovery of Slowness (1983, 1987)


If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into...

If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into...

If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into...

If he could just stay there and gaze upon the land like a stone, whole centuries long, while grassy plains became forests and swamps turned into...