Famous Scandinavian Quotes & Sayings

perhaps the greatest poem ever written — Rod Dreher

There is nothing more foreign, more alien, to our nature than holiness. — R.C. Sproul

Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revolutionary praxis, precisely because they are the components of the praxis of domination. — Paulo Freire

People were making fun of redheads before I came along. — Chris Lilley

She'd grown up hearing about epic battles between Guardians and demons, of legendary Wardens and their brave fight to keep the nocturnis at bay. To her, it all had the air of fairy tales, history through the lens of the Brothers Grimm. She listened to the tales the same way she listened to Beowulf, and had the same expectation of ever featuring in one of those famous battles as of facing Grendel's mother in a Scandinavian swamp.
Yet here she was, not just fighting the forces of evil but somehow tied to her very own Guardian, acting for all intents and purposes like the Warden she had once dreamed of becoming. — Christine Warren

It was only after time had passed that a person was able to see whether she might have been able to bear the load she was sure had been too heavy. — Susan Meissner