Quotes by : Carsten Jensen

Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe....

He felt Miss Kristina's presence like something poisonous and something infinitely sweet mixing together....

To Ejinar that cannonball was a monster with a will of its own. It showed him what war was: not a battery....

So you've stopped thinking you're going to die?Oh, I'm more certain of it than ever. But I've stopped....

Nature was neither fair nor unfair. Those terms belonged to the world of men.

Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link....

Having a child isn't a deal you strike with life. As I said: a child is a gift. And what remains after....

Loss was a night that never ended.

She still held back her tears, as if subjecting herself to some terrible endurance test.

... The women's song was always the same, as monotonous as the beating of the waves against the beach:....