“The great American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.’ You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
― The Measure
― The Measure
“Opening yourself up, being you, is the only way to get what you want most in the world.” Stand in your own light.”
― South of the Buttonwood Tree
― South of the Buttonwood Tree
“He had never heard anything quite as amazing as that voice. She talked as if she was continuously on the verge of breaking into giggles. And when she giggled she sounded the way Ove imagined champagne bubbles would have sounded if they were capable of laughter.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“They never had much, but they always had enough.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“All roads lead to something you were predestined to do.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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