“My aloneness had never bothered me; I hadn't even been aware of it. But now it overwhelmed me. The awareness washed over… — Linda Olsson Aloneness Copy Share Image
Like memories. You can make yourself believe that they have been erased. But they are there, if you look closely. If you… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“Det korteste streif av ekte kjærlighet kan gi næring til et helt liv. Det må vi alltid huske.” — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“I think that if we can find the words, and if we can find someone to tell them to, then perhaps we… — Linda Olsson Language Copy Share Image
“I have stopped painting. I stand in front of the easel, brush in hand, but my mind is blank. It is as… — Linda Olsson Blindness Copy Share Image
“My life's memories take up space with no regard to when they happened, or to their actual time span. The memories of… — Linda Olsson Life Copy Share Image
“I think that if we just listen to ourselves we know what it is we have to do . . . .… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique… — Linda Olsson Art Copy Share Image
“Unlike film, real life rarely provides an opportunity for a retake," Ben said. "Perhaps that is why I like film so much.… — Linda Olsson Cinema Copy Share Image
“But once you accept the fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to… — Linda Olsson Comfort Copy Share Image
“...when I checked the other day, I found it - my strawberry patch - overgrown and hidden under weeds, but still there...like… — Linda Olsson Memory Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are given exactly what we need. The precise people that you need the most come stumbling into your life. Sometimes… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“I lay down on the bed clasping the pictures and buried my face in the pillow in a vain attempt at silencing… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“I have never talked to anyone about that night. Ever...' she said. 'And now when I listen to my own words, I… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“Now it is as if I remember my grief rather than experience it. I remember the pain I suffered as the memories… — Linda Olsson Death Copy Share Image
“Take risks! That is really what life is about. We must pursue our own happiness. Nobody has ever lived our lives; ther… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“I could never be sure whether he would be there when I arrived. On my way through the forest I used to… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“You can make yourself believe that someone can look into your eyes and read your mind. You can wish for it, or… — Linda Olsson Psychology Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we believe that anything is better than that which we all fear the most. Loneliness. Abandonment. But once you accept that… — Linda Olsson Fear Copy Share Image
“My poor little child Karin Boye My poor child, so afraid of the dark, who has met ghosts of another kind, who… — Linda Olsson Children Copy Share Image
“But far-fetched things do happen. In fact, many people's entire lives are completely far-fetched. I think we are constantly surrounded by extraordinary… — Linda Olsson Chance meeting Copy Share Image
“My life now consists of fragments where some are so blinding in their intensity that they make everything else indistinguishable. What shall… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
“I can take one individual note out of the music I am trying to write at the moment, and ti could belong… — Linda Olsson Life Copy Share Image
“I think that perhaps there are no such defining moments at all. Beginnings and ends are fluid, long chains of events where… — Linda Olsson Beginnings Copy Share Image
“Parents have such formidable power. They can protect you from all the pain in the world. Or inflict the hardest pain of… — Linda Olsson Parenting Copy Share Image
