

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library

“Plötsligt började áhkku sjunga, högt, med klar röst. En samisk psalm. Hanna stod en bra bit bort men hon vände sig om, lyssnade och sjönk ihop, såg ut att kunna ramla.
”Vi sjöng den på Lasses begravning”, viskade mamma.”
― Stöld
”Vi sjöng den på Lasses begravning”, viskade mamma.”
― Stöld

“Innocence is not a legal term. No one is ever found innocent in a court of law.”
― The Law of Innocence
― The Law of Innocence

“Yes. There’ll be wars. Fought for the same reason most wars in ancient times were fought for: food. They’d use religion or glory or whatever as an excuse, but it was always about food. Farmlands and people to work that land.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary

“Det var som när man rider i en dröm, en sådan där hemsk dröm, som man vaknar ur med ett skrik och ligger och är rädd av en lång stund efteråt. Men det här var inte en sådan dröm som man vaknade ur. Vi red och red. Vi visste inte vart. Vi visste inte hur långt. Vi bara red genom natten.”
― Mio, My Son
― Mio, My Son
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