Sonja Hoxha
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“Those who appreciate winter generally orient toward the season's wonders: coziness and gathering around a fire, crisp air and starry skies, slowed-down rituals and chance for rest. For people with this mindset, winter is not a limiting time of year to dread but a time full of opportunity to anticipate. In Norway, I learned that we are not condemned to waste the winter months, throwing away the season, wishing for spring. We can change our mindsets and, as a result, change our experience of winter--and of our lives.”
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
“No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.”
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“I speak English to my accountants, French to my ambassadors, Italian to my mistress, Latin to my God, and German to my horse”
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“The poet Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz advises that if you’ve told a story more than three times in your life, it should be a poem.”
― How Poetry Can Change Your Heart
― How Poetry Can Change Your Heart
“For most Norwegians just being in the countryside is not enough. They also need to be as far away from any other human being as possible.”
― The Xenophobe's Guide to the Norwegians
― The Xenophobe's Guide to the Norwegians
Sonja’s 2025 Year in Books
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Art, Biography, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Travel
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