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Despite the fact that the government quarter – Norway’s most important seat of power – had been blown to smithereens by a bomb, the terror-response plan was not implemented. Nobody pressed the big button. The resources available were not
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“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
― Selected Poems and Four Plays
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
― Selected Poems and Four Plays
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”
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“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.”
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“Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
Read 150+ Books a Year
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You can record all the books you read each year. The goal is that you read 150+.
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