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“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“We Indians know about silence,” he said. “We aren't afraid of it. In fact, to us it is more powerful than words.”
― Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
― Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
“We didn’t feel like strangers, but rather like we’d found someone who had been missing for a lifetime and then suddenly there they were. Puzzle pieces sliding into place, my nervous system both stirring and calming in the most remarkable way in his unusual presence.”
― Mayluna
― Mayluna
“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
Northern Virginia Book Club
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The NoVA book club is for Northern Virginians who love reading and discussing great literature! We discuss our monthly book over 7pm dinner on the fir ...more
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