"I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books."

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Per Petterson

#Book Quotes #Oslo Quotes #Language Quotes

“I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.”

Source : Lillie Langtry (2000). “The Days I Knew”, p.274, Panoply Publications
“I think I've got a lot of dark lines in this record [Wild Things] that I've hidden quite nicely among the nice things.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in.”
“The world doesn't go around on love between men and women. Lovers get very little done. But friends do. When you are past middle life -- and I hope you have the rich experience of love along the way -- don't think everything is all over. Don't regret the vanished cocktail when the stuffed turkey is about to come in. Flip out your napkin and bite into it! Friends you can gather around you in the later years of life are worth the whole thing ...”
“It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing high-pressure streams of water at them, concludes that he has discovered the method by which the liners cross the Atlantic.”
“By nature, you're aggressive, if you're a fighter, so you deal with things in an aggressive way.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite.”
“I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.”

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