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Quote by Erik Fosnes Hansen

“I never really had any God at all, just an imagined one, an inherited ghost.”

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Erik Fosnes Hansen is a Norwegian writer born on June 6, 1965. His works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Hansen is known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“In time they sank and decayed, and nothing is left of them except an occasional impression in stones, in stones now found in deserts and on high mountain peaks. Birdless forests block the sun in uninhabited lands. Insects swirl in the air. And then, in a majestic, bloodthirsty, and mighty heave, the spinal columns of the vertebrates rise as monstrous lizards and fabulous creatures; dragons flinging their fearful bellows up to a steaming sky... Slowly they become birds, birds as light as undreamt dreams. The searing roars become birdsong, whimpering flutes on warm nights.”

“What good are laws that cannot be read or understood, or a tongue that spews only hatred or ignorance? What good is the written word to an illiterate man?”

Men Law Written Ignorance Understood Hatred Tongue Illiterate Written Word

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“Satan is not going to leave. The only way to get him out is to invite God in, and God is not welcome in my mother's house.”

Way Mother House Welcome Satan Invites

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“I touch my scar to remind myself that I am not a coward. I am a Quinn.”

Coward Scar Quinn

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“Fear was a thing I understood all too well. It was a malignancy that had spread throughout my body until my mother, in her godly wisdom, had diagnosed and cauterized it.”

Wells Body Mother Understood Spread Godly Malignancy

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“Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.”

Knows Mind Night Sleep Love You Like You Kissing Hug Can't Sleep

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“In no way did I allow reality as it was to intrude on reality as I wanted it to be.”

Way Reality Wanted

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“Actually 'bad' doesn't do justice to my handwriting. Neither does 'handwriting.' 'Desecration of paper' about covers it.”

Doe Justice Paper Handwriting

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“The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own age would put up with them for more than 10 minutes.”

Self Reason Age Minutes Willing Ageing

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