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“Hvad ere en Naturbeskrivelse andet end en Oversaettelse? Endogså den meest vellykkede staaer ligesaalangt under Originalen som Himmelbjerget i Jylland under Himmelbjerget i Thibet. Derfor gunstige Læser! hav mig undskyldt, naar jeg ikke fortæller Dig alt hvad jeg her saae. Hvad jeg saae kunde jeg maaskee sige Dig: men hvorledes jeg saae det? Neppe! – Enkelthederne kunde jeg fremstille Dig een efter en anden, men Heelheden – alt paa eengang? – dertil – om “Du endog har Oere, har Tungen ikke Ord.” Min Pen er ingen Pensel. Rejs! Rejs selv til Himmelbjerget, og see!”
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“Når jeg læser, hvad de fandens præster siger om kærlighed, ved jeg, det er sandt. Kærlighed er ikke en følelse, man har for et andet menneske, det er noget, man beslutter sig for, og så er det hårdt arbejde resten af vejen.”
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― Renée - At finde hjem
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― The Handmaid's Tale
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― The Salt House: A Summer on the Dunes of Cape Cod
― The Salt House: A Summer on the Dunes of Cape Cod
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― Pippi Longstocking
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