I'm awakened to that haunting MAYBE that carries me through this volatile world. And every abstract image of the world is just as impossible as the sketch of a storm.
(Det Vilda Torget, 1983)

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Time is not a straight line, but more like a labyrinth.

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I am carried in my shadow 
like a violin 
in its black case

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There is a hidden spark in the forest that can only be found by the one who is lost.

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