Heinrich Böll – A Literary Genius

Heinrich Böll (1917-1985)
Heinrich Böll was born in 1917, and after the war devoted himself to writing. He won a succession of German literary prizes, including the Critic’s Prize in 1953, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. One of Germany’s most popular and prolific authors, Heinrich Böll gained international fame as [...]

Blog Addiction…

Nothing to update on…actually, I have tonnes, but feel too lazy to type them off my notepad. Laziness is burden! *lol*
Anyway, was browsing through blogs and came across this…and took the test. Silly thing to do.
64%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?
Should I be proud??? How addicted are you?

Happiness – a Wish…

Happiness.
Happiness?
Happiness, we say and smile, smile weighed down by sadness, sadness moistened with hope, hope grilled in shades of promises, promises soaked in grief…
Happiness, we say, a poor man’s wealth; a rich man’s burden; a madman’s toy; everyone’s desire.
Happiness…a melancholic song of longing, a freedom of the floating clouds, clarity of the clear blue sky, [...]

Sweet Sorrow

Look, look at them, look at all the sad people, stewn all over like useless bones to be collected and burnt and cast away into oblivion. Look at them walking without minds, minds disrobed of intelligence.
A fairy tale, cropped out of a neighbour’s friend’s imagination told tales of happy gatherings, gathering of hope and promises. [...]

Fly on the Wall

There I was, firmly posted in the midst of dim-witted bozos bullying their half-baked sensibility over a stale joke. They tried hard to laugh, their laughter crackling in the air as they punched each other gleefully, spits frothing out of their mouths.
I did not laugh.
They looked at each other and frisked themselves of their sanity. [...]