Poetry Quote by Jostein Gaarder

“and a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, "Do you serve anything aside…

— Cassandra Clare

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation.

— Knut Hamsun

“I said, “ I’m sorry , sir , but we don’t speak Swedish .” “Well, of course you don’t. Neither do I . Who…

— John Green

“I finish what I start, and I Finnish what I Swedish.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Her voice made me drunk, deep and sun-warmed, a hint of a foreign accent, Swedish singsong a generation removed.”

— Janet Fitch

“We became poets before we learned to walk Our roots dug deep with the slight touch of love Our leaves sprouted after pain.”

— Avijeet Das

“The poet is a pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink.”

— Anonymous

“I consider myself a Nordic author. But I do not know exactly what that is. I think it has something to do with time,…

— Lars Saabye Christensen

Contemporary Swedish artists that chose Swedish as their language tended to sing about certain topics and use words I wanted to avoid.

— Jens Lekman

“I ate a Danish. Better than eating someone from Finland.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Ei,” he said, shaking his head. “En puhu suomea.” No, he said in Finnish. I don’t speak Finnish.”

— Kory Stamper