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“I checked to see if he and I had a special connection that was greater than his bond with his mother. We didn’t.”
― The First Bad Man
― The First Bad Man
“We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on living. Even if our lives are not perfect.”
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Although I eventually completed... The Handmaid's Tale, I stopped writing it several times, because I considered it too far-fetched. Silly me.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“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.”
― Renée - At finde hjem
― Renée - At finde hjem
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