We must make an idol of our fear, and call it god.
Read more Antonius Block QuotesFrom: The Seventh Seal
I want to confess as best I can, but my heart is void. The void is a mirror. I see my face and feel loathing and horror. My indifference to men has shut me out. I live now in a world of ghosts, a prisoner in my dreams.
Mia: Who did you see?Jof: The Virgin Mary.Mia: Did you really see her?Jof: She was so close I could have touched her. She wore a golden crown and a blue robe with golden flowers. She was barefoot, and in her little brown hands she was holding the Child and teaching Him to walk. When she saw me, she smiled. My eyes filled with tears, and when I wiped them away, she was gone. And there was a great stillness everywhere, in heaven and on earth. You understand?Mia: The things you imagine.Jof: You don't believe me, but it's true. It's not the reality you see, but another kind.
But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive!