lights Quotes

“Beneath us lie the lights of the herring fleet. The cliffs vanish. Rippling small, rippling grey, innumerable waves spread beneath us. I touch nothing. I see nothing.”

“Then the little red lighthouse spoke out plainly. Flash! Flash! Flash! One second on, two seconds off!”

“I flash to the ships of the air. But you are still master of the river. Quick, let your light shine again. Each to his own place, little brother!”

“It was only dark for a second. Maybe not even that, but it’s enough to make everyone stop eating. Everyone is frozen. What’s that expression? Waiting for the other shoe to drop? But it doesn’t. The lights are on, they stay on. But it doesn’t change the fact that they blinked.”