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“They had inherited a poor, patriarchal, and formal society, and turned it into a rich, feminist, and fiercely egalitarian one.”

Book:The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

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“Her face was soft now, damp from the steam of my bath and the heat of her news. Her eyebrows were as white as cornsilk, her eyelashes clear. My sister had a certain pale, bright beauty, while I was an almost blonde, a shadowy hybrid. Ginnie was willowy and golden, I was shorter and freckled. I imagined our in utero tug-of-war. How she had seized all those pale, paternal Scandinavian genes, pulled at those chromosomes until they stretched like taffy.”

Genes Feminine Beauty Twin Sister Scandinavian

Book:The Garden Angel

Source: The Garden Angel

“Cassie cut off a piece of the salmon salad toast, making sure to capture a generous heap of greens, capers, and bright orange roe. "This looks amazing," she said before bringing the bite to her mouth. She felt the small beads of roe popping, releasing their bright, briny liquid, which perfectly cut the mayonnaise-rich smoked salmon salad.”

Salmon Toast Scandinavian

Book:Eat Post Like

Source: Eat Post Like

“The stories I write are not invented. They are remembered. Every creature, every rune, every whispered gealdor in the Ella Trilogy comes from a place deep inside me that was shaped by Swedish soil, ancient Nordic tales, and a childhood filled with the kind of magic that never truly leaves you.”

Inspirational Fantasy Folklore Norse Mythology Scandinavian

Book:The Tale of Oknytt & Gray Gnomes

Source: The Tale of Oknytt & Gray Gnomes

“Sure, kid. Look, there's a very old saying in my family: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is another wizard fucking with you.”

Wizards Meddlers

Book:Rogues

Source: Rogues

“Yeah, um. I’m a wizard. I meddle. It’s what we do.”

Wizard Meddlers

Author:Harry Dresden

“Is it just possible that the most vigorous and boldest idealists have been the worst enemies of human progress instead of its greatest creators? Possible that plain men with the humble trait of minding their own business will rank higher in the heavenly hierarchy than all the plumed souls who have shoved their way in among the masses and insisted on savings them?”

Humans Progress Narcissists Martyrs Saviors Meddlers

Book:It Can't Happen Here

Source: It Can't Happen Here

“I feel like all my stars have aligned, and Uranus wants to knock me out of orbit.”

Humor Meddlers

Author:Robin Alexander

“Slowly I felt flooded with that agonizing and poignant confusion that surely comes to all aging men experiencing their first adolescent love. I had no great wish to go on living; what was the point of a flawed happiness. According to Bonnard, the hardest moment of all is when the artist longs to keep on but he’s conscience tells him that one brushstroke more will spoil the entire painting. And man has to know when to stop.”

Love Happiness Aging End Of Life Art Of Living Knowing When To Quit Flawed Perfection

Author:Romain Gary

“History is written by the winners; strife to be one at all legitimate cost possible.”

Motivational Success Winners

Author:Daniel ANIKOR

“... the moment when you stop has great dramatic import. What comes last sticks in the mind as a kind of exclamation point. There is no better time to stop and walk away than after a victory.... As lawyers say of cross-examination, "Always stop with a victory.”

Power Knowing When To Quit

Book:The 48 Laws Of Power

Source: The 48 Laws Of Power

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