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Quotes by Swedish Authors

"A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts."

"In calmness of mind is greatness."

"Maybe that was why the French called orgasms "las petites morts: because the things that bring us passion tend to slip past our defenses, to creep insidiously into every facet of our consciousnesses and kill us as ruthlessly, and efficiently, as any drug."

"If you don't feel the same way about him, if you're just leading him on, you need to tell him that. I've seen too many nice guys get shafted because a girl can't get over some jerk."

"A single word spoken at an appropriate time can make someone feel loved, comforted or happier."

"Yes, it will all end one day; but today is worth living."

"It's okay for someone to tell me who they think I am, but it's not okay when they try to impose that idea on me."

"Why do you wake up in the morning?"

"When you know your role in life, living makes sense because of clarity, and the loads become enjoyable to carry."

"Acceptance.Good and bad,Fortune and misfortune,Pleasure and pain,I want it all,Because it's mine."

"It's true what they say, you know. First fuck. First love. First kill. You never forget your first."

"Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now."

"I was afraid and knew I had every right to be, but he had awakened a part of me that no longer cared."

"Money doesn't change you, it reveals you. Money is just an enabler, whatever a person chooses to do with it is a reflection of their character."

"Subjugation requires vigilance; if you relax your brutality even for a moment, the people you're oppressing will revolt at the first sign of weakness. That's why dictatorial regimes are always a slippery slope of cruelty doomed to end in failure."

"Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you."

"Most problems can be effectively dealt with before they are in full swing."

"Introspect.You know yourself more each day,Yet, you find out how little you know yourself too."

"Time is the easiest asset to spend recklessly..."

"By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so."

"Comfortable in my own skin,I'm madly in love with myself."

"Changes occur and expectations change. Reality brings new possibilities, while destroying some too. It's true: the future is uncertain."

"Fear of failure is deceptive.Don't do it, you'll fail, it says.Courage is inceptive.It's where success starts."

"We all have special attributes that are of value to someone. Find your place of value. You are never useless. You just need to find your place."

"Power given up is power given away."

"Sex is the alpha and enlightenment is the omega. Sex is the first step of the spiritual journey, and enlightenment is the last step of the spiritual journey."

"The women glare at each other. Grin. You have friends when you're fifteen years old. Sometimes you get them back."

"Now,Because I put you in the past,My life is like:A path paved,Fit for your feet.Now other women walk on it;And not one of them fits.Walking crooked, on a path that's straight.I watch them.They don't even have your gait."

"In the way that you need to clear the way to make a road, those who betray and abandon you expose things you need to remove from your life. They reveal the mistakes you made in trusting them and how you can avoid them in the future, and move on."

"Problems come few and far between in the life of a proactive person."

"Avoiding things that you deem unattainable on first sight will limit you."

"Every loving word and action create a far reaching ripple effect - like the waves of the ocean."

"Be careful what you wish for. Especially out loud."

"I'm alive now, but I don't know if I will be tomorrow. The state of being alive is not guaranteed, but should I let that stop me from living?"

"I just mean ... damn ... this might sound a bit crazy, but sometimes you can't help wondering if we don't take all this a bit too seriously. If we aren't putting too much pressure on the juniors. They're not really much more than ... kids.'...'That depends what we want from the kids. And what the kids want from hockey."

"Moving islands in the ocean of sky.Beautiful white curtains in the sky,Veiling and unveiling portions, as time passes by.I watch clouds, when my mind feels clouded."

"Education, possessions, or people cannot replace passion, but they are given meaning by your passion in life."

"Your destiny is shaped in your moments of decision."

"Thoughts can be such slippery things sometimes,Very hard to handle.But to a well-trained mind,They are easy to bind."

"I was cyber-bullied before all those Myspace-related suicides, so my school principal wasn't really impressed when my mom complained about what was happening to me on my Xanga blog and on AIM chat."Get your life sorted out, you fucking scitzo [sic] dyke tranny bitch, one comment might say.Another comment would say something like, "I know she's reading this, she's so pathetic.And, perhaps most frightening of all: "I'm going to fuck you up until your mother bleeds."

"That's not cruel. This is. You come here in the middle of the night, expecting me to be awake, and ask-no, demand-me to give you things that belong to me as much as they belong to you. Never mind what it does to me. Never mind that each time I see you, I wonder if I'll ever hold you in my arms again, or be able to touch you without you cringing away like I'm a monster. I think it's fair to ask if there's an 'us,' my dear, because I suspect you're trying to use me just now. Tell me that's not cruel, and I'll let you go."

"Life has a way of filling up one's time with many different things to do. So much so that you turn a blind eye to the things that really matter."

"Running away, avoiding life's battles or giving up robs you of the opportunity to grow and be stronger."

"Certain aspects of dying are still a mystery to me now, but as I grow and study life more, the end of my life becomes more of a certain truth."
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