Could it be, then, that Daniel’s true cowardice lay in that he could not stand for people to think poorly of him?
Neal Stephenson: The Confusion
Schlagwort: Angst
Imagined Image.
In 15 Minuten.
I’m 70 now and all my life I’ve heard that the Russians would one day make a surprise attack and, within 48 hours occupy the Eiffel Tower. Fait accompli! We in the West were weak – perhaps not right now but we would be within the next five if we did not invest much more in ”defence”.
Well, these damn Russians haven’t come yet – another reason we shouldn’t trust them, I assume!
Schlafstein.
Der Kranich hält den Stein,
des Schlafs sich zu erwehren.
Wer sich dem Schlaf ergibt,
kommt nie zu Gut und Ehren.
Giebellied des Kranichhauses in Otterndorf, zitiert in Wikipedia: Kraniche
Dealing with deal with it.
She had promised to deal with the situation, which worried him as much as the problem itself.
David Lagercrantz: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye