6 Quotes by Rolf Jacobsen

For the Earth itself is a blossom, she says,on the star tree,pale with luminousocean leaves.

Look – The moon thumbs through night’s book. Finds a lake where nothing is printed. Draws a straight line. That’s all it can. That’s enough. Thick line. Straight toward you. – Look.

Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It’s not all as evil as you think.

If you go far enough out you can see the Universe itself, all the billion light years summed up time only as a flash, just as lonely, as distant as a star on a June night if you go far enough out. And still, my friend, if you go far enough out you are only at the beginning – of yourself.

The clouds roll on. Silent as sleepwalkers the clouds keep coming from infinity bank behind bank and line after line, and change colors on the earth.

Come, young rain of tears; come gentle hands of sorrow. It’s not as terrible as you think.