Swedish Quotes

“It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.”
― Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland

“You were in Sweden?" Boomer asked.

"No," I said. "The trip got called off at the last minute. Because of political the unrest"

"In Sweden?" Priya seemed skeptical.

"Yeah-isn't it strange how the Times isn't covering it? Half the country's on strike because of that thing the crown prince said about Pippi Longstocking Which means no meatballs for Christmas, if you know what I mean."

"That's so sad!" Boomer said.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a college student, matching the subtitles to the sounds. In Swedish, he could only converse on the darkest of subjects.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

“A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded — such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, his miracles and suffering, etc. When he had finished an Indian orator stood up to thank him.

‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours.

‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains.

‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’

The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’

The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?”
― Benjamin Franklin, Remarks Concerning the Savages

“Säjer att jag rymt hit för din skull men ljuger förstås det låter vackrare då ville bara att du skulle ta bort nåldynan från badrummet ställa in kanske mjölk i kylen låtsas att vi lever lika mycket båda två

stängde dörren för längesen om mej och du bänder loss brädorna men kommer inte in du förstår älskling jag har kilat fast alla öppningar med frusna tårar avbrutna morrhår död hud och blodiga kräkningar har byggt berg utanför av uppsprättade drömmar och klätt in hela trappuppgången i tomhet och du kommer aldrig igenom

man kommer aldrig igenom

men inimej kom inimej och där nånstans låt mej liksom leva bara”
― Åsa Ericsdotter

“His snickarbod (Swedish for "toolshed") gradually became what I believe today is called a "man cave." In Swedish we also now sometimes call it mansdagis-- a male kindergarten, which makes me smile and which feels like an entirely appropriate word.”
― Margareta Magnusson, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

“Ju mer lik man är sina drömmar, desto sannare är man.”
― Jonas Brun, Skuggland

“Is that a quote from a seventies Swedish porn?
In that case: haven't seen it. What's the title?”
― Jean Koning, Quotes and Thoughts

“ HEJ HEJ! CAFÉ MENU

RULLEKEBAB
Original (Rullekebab)----shaved seasoned beef, fresh flatbread, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, kebab sauce
Blue Kebab (Rullekebab med blåmögelost)----Original Rullekebab with blue cheese
Shroom Kebab (Rullekebab med champinjoner)----Original Rullekebab with mushrooms
Hej Hej! Special Rullekebab----Original Rullekebab with pineapple, blue cheese, jalapeños

HAMBURGARE
Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns

The Classic----beef, choice of cheese, bun
The Gettysburg----caramelized shallots, mushrooms, blue cheese, bacon, balsamic glaze
The Farfar----two patties, four slices of American cheese, four pieces of bacon
The Gruff Burger----goat cheese, fries (on top!), caramelized shallots, poutine gravy to dip
The Valedictorian----pepper-jack cheese, bacon, guacamole (from Rosa's)

POMMES FRITES
Fresh-cut fries

Plain----with cheese or gravy to dip
Loaded Kebab Fries----fresh-cut fries, chopped kebab meat, red and white kebab sauces, crumbled feta, diced jalapeños and tomatoes
Goat Cheese Poutine----fresh-cut fries, house-made gravy, goat cheese crumbles


MUNKAR
Äpple Munk----fresh donut, cinnamon sugar, filled w/ apple and sweet cream
Bär Munk----fresh donut, sugar, seasonal berry jam, sweet cream
Munkhål----baby donuts (holes), cinnamon sugar
Special Munk----daily and seasonal specials


CUPCAKES
Vanilla Wedding Cake, Devil's Food, Lemon, Strawberry Cheesecake, Weekly Specials

SEASONAL TREATS
Homemade Apple Crisp à la Mode
Apple Fritters
Pumpamunk
Saffron Buns”
― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“Eller så består en människa av flera olika personer", säger jag. "Vi kanske lägger ihop våra olika jag hela tiden." Vi kanske plockar in dem när vi gör våra olika val, bra val och dåliga val, när vi gör bort oss, när vi gör oss till, när vi förirrar oss och förivrar oss, när vi älskar, när vi sörjer, när vi kastar oss ut i världen, när vi gömmer oss för den, när vi skapar saker, när vi förstör saker.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Antagligen känns minnet av lidande aldrig lika illa som lidandet i stunden, även om det faktiskt var mycket värre- vi kan inte minnas hur mycket värre det var, eftersom minnet är svagare än upplevelsen.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“Den stora världen är farlig, där är det ingen som känner till en och vet vad man tycker om och vad man är rädd för.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominsummer Madness

“Och tydligen krävdes bara fyra ord för att börja berätta om mammor som dog, pappor som gick sönder och om känslan av att stå ensam och blicka ut på en framtid som borde vara ljus, men som i stället bestod av falnande kol och aska.”
― Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

“Även då hon var tvungen att ge någon en så kallad nyttig present, såsom en fåtölj, bordssilver, en käpp, valde hon alltid antika föremål, som om det faktum att de länge varit ur bruk hade kunnat utplåna deras nyttighet och de snarare tycktes ägnade att förtälja om människors liv i forna tider än att tjäna ett praktiskt ändamål i nuet.”
― Marcel Proust

“Kindle - who needs it, jag har 3000, 35 000 böcker i huvudet eller i flyttkartongerna på vinden.”
― Bodil Malmsten

“The nest is made of butter-poached mushrooms," Hampus was saying. Henry had been so busy fuming he'd missed Chef Martinet's first bite of Hampus's dish: creamy scrambled eggs spilling out of eggshells inside a nest that was, apparently made of butter-poached foraged mushrooms. It looked so much like a real bird's nest Henry could hardly believe it was mushrooms. "In Sweden, we like our scrambled eggs very, very creamy," Hampus continued. "I have added a simple salad of foraged dandelion greens to offset the richness of the dish."
"This is inspired," Chef Martinet said. "You have made the mushroom the star.”
― Stephanie Kate Strohm, Love à la Mode

“Rime trodde inte att hon kände till skillnaden mellan att sova och vara vaken. För henne var det precis samma sak.”
― Siri Pettersen, Odinsbarn

“För handen glömmer aldrig en hand den höll i sin”
― Jonas Brun, Skuggland

“Vissa säger att kärlek är att hitta sin andra hälft. Finna den som ska komplettera en, göra en hel, göra två till ett.
Det tror inte jag.
Jag säger att kärlek är att finna sin like, sin tvilling, sin backup. Finna den som gör en dubbel, som gör en till två och gör det omöjligt att någonsin mera vara ensam.”
― Jonas Brun, Skuggland

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― Margareta Magnusson, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

“We stuck with the traditional Äpple Munk and the favorite munkhål, but we also added a seasonal one I'd been working on in Mrs. Bixler's room during this dramatic lull in school-apple leftovers. I'd perfected a pumpkin cream cheese filling to go with a cinnamon sugar coating. It was like if pumpkin pie and donuts had a baby, and that baby turned out to be the Chosen One from the prophecy. Pumpamunk.”
― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“HAMBURGARE
Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns


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POMMES FRITES
Fresh-cut fries


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MUNKAR
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― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“Stjärnorna vaknar till liv när det blir mörkt”
― Johanna Thydell, I taket lyser stjärnorna

“The former banker helped us with the financial plans, figuring out how much we could afford to bid in the auction. We concluded that we could certainly bid USD 45 million for a 20-year license in Hungary. Swedish Telecom was very confident, their CEO had said in radio interviews that he thought that 1 in 4 people would have a mobile phone by the year 2000. This was overly optimistic according to the other consortium partners. They were more conservative and we had difficulty persuading them to put up more money”
― Ineke Botter, Your phone, my life: Or, how did that phone land in your hand?

“Hur hänger hans efternamn ihop med de känslor jag har eller inte har för honom?”
― Marc Levy

“- I verkligheten har vi bara ett val, ta chansen eller missa den.”
― Marc Levy

“Dag
- Jag vägrar bestämma. Ta över kontrollen av situationen, låt inte killen bestämma. Krossa patriarkatet!

Jag
- Du inser att genom att tvinga mig bestämma förstärker du patriarkatet som du så gärna vill att jag ska krossa?”
― Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker

“Är han okej?"
"Han är vegan.”
― Pia Printz, Holiday Romance

“Earn in France. Learn French. Earn in Germany. Learn German. Earn in Spain. Learn Spanish. Earn in Italy. Learn Italian. Earn in Netherlands. Learn Dutch . Earn in Portugal. Learn Portuguese . Earn in Sweden. Learn Swedish. Earn in Poland. Learn Polish. They call it Europe Union”
― Dipti Dhakul,

“A cardamom bun is less sticky than the cinnamon-scented kanelbullar; more giving than the currant-freckled curls of the Chelsea bun, but just as much fun to unravel as you sip your coffee. You can spend a pleasing afternoon making a batch of buns. The milk-enriched dough is spread with ground spice, sugar and butter, sliced into wide ribbons then fashioned into an untidy knot. Each cook seems to have their signature tangle. The surface is speckled black and white, a gritty mix of caster sugar and ground cardamom. The salt and pepper of Swedish baking and my drug of choice.”
― Nigel Slater, A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts