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“I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.”
― Smilla's Sense of Snow
― Smilla's Sense of Snow

“Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this time the fear will be put to shame and a modest 10 percent frail awareness of the possibility of love.
I don't fall in love any more. Just like I don't get the mumps.”
― Smilla's Sense of Snow
I don't fall in love any more. Just like I don't get the mumps.”
― Smilla's Sense of Snow

“We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love.”
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
“How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?”
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“Wild honey smells of freedom
The dust - of sunlight
The mouth of a young girl, like a violet
But gold - smells of nothing.”
― Selected Poems
The dust - of sunlight
The mouth of a young girl, like a violet
But gold - smells of nothing.”
― Selected Poems
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