Book Quote by Per Petterson

“I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.” quote by Per Petterson — Download Open image

“I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.”

Per Petterson

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“Light in every lamp, light in every mind.”

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When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, 'This is the basis of a novel.'

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“But life had shifted its weight from one point to another, from one leg to the other, like a silent giant in the vast…

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“All my life I have longed to be alone in a place like this. Even when everything was going well, as it often did. I can say that much. That it often did. I have been lucky. But even then, for instance in the middle of an embrace and someone whispering words in my ear I wanted to hear, I…

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“I distinctly heard the blackbird from the top of a spruce tree, and clear as glass I heard the lark high up and several other birds whose song I did not know, and it was so weird, it was like a film without sound with another sound added, I was in two places at once, and nothing hurt. 'Yahoo!' I…

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I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books…

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“It is important not to be careless about supper when you are alone. It is easily done, boring as it is to cook for one person only. There must be potatoes, sauce and green vegetables, a napkin and a clean glass and the candles lit on the table, and no sitting down in your working clothes. So while the potatoes…

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“We ran back, he first and I following him, between the beds and downstairs, and we picked up an armful of wood from the…

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I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

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“What I liked was the train ride. It took an hour and that was enough for me to be able to lean backwards against…

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“...everything felt fine at that moment; the suit was fine, and the twon was fine to walk in, along the cobblestone street, and we…

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