“...and on some nights in bed, in that moment before sleep erased the day, I would picture the way the sky in Lapland looked the morning I left, how the train had sped south beneath a sky that was brighter than it had been in weeks. It had pulsed with reds and oranges, as though hiding a beating heart.” BeautifulNature Book:Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name Source: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
“Sometimes we catch them in jars for a minute before releasing them. Sometimes we wait too long to release them and find them dead. We know the names of the girls who keep the butterflies too long, and we have no idea what to do with this information.” Butterflies Author:Vendela Vida
“This is the way of air travel: fellow passengers applaud because they didn't die, and then they cut in front of you so they can exit four seconds earlier.” TravelAirplaneAir Travel Book:The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Source: The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
“There is this sense of time when you're traveling, that the time is not how you know it, but how a country knows it.” KnowsCountry Author:Vendela Vida
“People pretend things didn't happen. Or so what, they happened, it's okay. Well, it's never okay. It's always ruined.” PeopleWellsHappensHappenedOkayRuined Author:Vendela Vida
“When it comes to books...They're like lifelong friends to me; I need to know they're there, even if I don't check in with them on a regular basis.” IfsKnowsNeedsBookBasesChecksLifelongLifelong Friends Author:Vendela Vida
