Peter Hoeg Quotes
Danes Express Their Strongest Feelings In Conjunction With Food. That Became Clear To Me The First Time I Was Out Visiting Friends With Moritz. When I Took A Third Helping Of Cookies, He Looked Straight At Me.
"Keep On Taking Until You're Ashamed Of Yourself," He Said.
I Wasn't Confident About My Danish, But I Understood What He Meant. I Helped Myself Three More Times. Without Taking My Eyes Off Him. The Room Disappeared, The People We Were Visiting Disappeared, I Didn't Taste The Cookies. Only Moritz Existed.
"I'm Still Not Ashamed," I Said.
I Helped Myself Three More Times. Then He Grabbed The Platter And Put It Out Of My Reach. I Had Won. The First Of A Long Series Of Small, Important Victories Over Him And Danish Manners.
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