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“It’s a case of mistaken identity. It’s one big mistake. You weren’t even in the country when it happened.” Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup”

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Metro

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“I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century; 800 years ago the Norwegians were still worshippers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.”

Paganism Norse Scandinavian

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Work hard, my friend, so you could afford some dignity! Work hard, not to be rich, but to be self-sufficient, so that you could refuse a well-paid job on moral grounds.”

Success Entrepreneur Employment Entrepreneurship Workplace Work Ethic Work Hard Self Sufficient Work Ethics

Book:Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

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

Scandinavian

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

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

“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

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