Laavu Quotes & Sayings

To experience the northern forest in the raw, I went to northern Finland and Lapland, travelling on horseback, and sleeping on reindeer skins in the traditional open-fronted Finnish laavu. I ate elk heart, reindeer and lingonberries, and tried out spruce resin: the chewing gum of the Stone Age. — Michelle Paver

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome. — Randy Pausch

If you can't do what you want, do what you can. — Lois McMaster Bujold

That is control. Whether you want it or understand it. — Lisa Renee Jones

Nathaniel first stared at the vampiric Moses and then at the bizarre door. Numerous symbols had been carved deep in the surface and instead of square edges, they were rounded. Daniel then drew a dagger from his coat and proceeded to stand directly in front of the door. As he neared it, one could swear that the surface rippled like oil in a vat while he grazed it with the dagger. Quite suddenly, he jammed the blade in the very center of the door up to the very hilt. A high-pitched grunt followed and then a series of mechanical noises and clangs chimed and clicked until the door skid back two inches and descended into the ground. — J.D. Estrada

All women need get-out-of-jail girlfriends. — Kimberly J. Dalferes

Faith is a great thing, and really religious people would like us to believe that faith and knowing are the same thing, but I don't believe that myself. Because there are too many different ideas on the subject. What we know is this: When we die, one of two things happens. Either our souls and thoughts somehow survive the experience of dying or they don't. If they do, that opens up every possibility you could think of. If they don't, it's just blotto. The end. — Stephen King

Every woman should be told she's attractive. Men are seduced by their eyes, women by their ears. Saiman — Ilona Andrews

A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts - a 'bundle of facts.' Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the 'law' because they act in that way. — Joseph McCabe

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. — Thomas Jefferson

Faith in God is less apt to proceed from miracles than miracles from faith in God. — Frederick Buechner