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Essi Mäkelä

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Essi Mäkelä is a scholar of religion currently working on her PhD Thesis. The subject is registering of religious communities in Finland. She has published fiction in the form of short stories, and children's factual books on Finland, Estonia, Norway and Iceland. Currently, alongside her thesis, Essi is working on multiple non-fiction and fiction manuscripts.

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	Haloo? Mun netissä on jotain kummaa... ja muita häiriöitä etäyhteyksissä by Essi Mäkelä (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Toni Saarinen (Editor), Reetta Vuokko-Syrjänen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.”
― Michel Houellebecq, H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life

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“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
― Allen Ginsberg

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“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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"You called her a liar?"
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― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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