Stig Dagerman Quote

All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less regard to others, which is more exacting, which burns more dangerously, which gives one everything except a flabby happiness.


A Burnt Child (1948)


All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less...

All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less...

All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less...

All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less...