#norwegian

Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me." I probably still haven't completely adapted to the world," I said after giving it some thought. "I don't know, I feel like this isn't the real world. The people, the scene: they just don't seem real to me." Midori rested an elbow on the bar and looked at me. "There was something like that in a Jim Morrison song, I'm pretty sure." People are strange when you're a stranger. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#norwegian-wood #space

Every once in a while she'll get worked up and cry like that. But that's ok. She's letting her feelings out. The scary thing is not being able to do that. Then your feelings build up and harden and die inside. That's when you're in big trouble. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#japan #murakami #norwegian-wook #japan

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#arm #broke #came #elbow #father

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#diaries #english #father #his #norwegian

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#because #children #difficult #find #learn