“human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“Those were all big Words, to be sure, but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when Words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying." - Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own making.”
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“I en rodet lejlighed i Oslo forstod jeg, at man på en gang forsvinder, men samtidig bliver til, når man læser. Jeg forstod, at hvis bare man er omgivet af bøger, så er man aldrig alene.”
― Et andet sted
― Et andet sted
“What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.”
― Afterworlds
― Afterworlds
“Den værste kulde er den kulde, der engang var varm. Den værste hårdhed er den hårdhed, der engang var blød og den værste tavshed er den tavshed, der engang var kærlig tale".”
― Et andet sted
― Et andet sted
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