Eyvind Johnson

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one. ”

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so. ”

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind. ”

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story. ”

From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning. ”