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Per Petterson quotes: Oh, well, we did have a good day out together, you and I, that doesn't happen every day, does it?

Oh, well, we did have a good day out together, you and I, that doesn't happen every day, does it?

Per Petterson quotes: You're probably right,' I said, but to be honest, I had forgotten to be a Communist that night.

You're probably right,' I said, but to be honest, I had forgotten to be a Communist that night.

Per Petterson quotes: A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.

A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.

Per Petterson quotes: I write about families. That is who we are.

I write about families. That is who we are.

Per Petterson quotes: I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

Per Petterson quotes: I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.

I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.

Per Petterson quotes: There was always a woman with TB in Remarque's books. Frankly I was a little fed up with it.

There was always a woman with TB in Remarque's books. Frankly I was a little fed up with it.

Per Petterson quotes: I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.

I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.

Per Petterson quotes: Light in every lamp, light in every mind.

Light in every lamp, light in every mind.

Per Petterson quotes: A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

Per Petterson quotes: If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to open for a Norwegian writer.

If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to open for a Norwegian writer.

Per Petterson quotes: When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, 'This is the basis of a novel.'

When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, 'This is the basis of a novel.'

Per Petterson quotes: There is nothing I need from the shop, and this is not the day for social profligacy.

There is nothing I need from the shop, and this is not the day for social profligacy.

Per Petterson quotes: Making sentences is what I do. I mean, the story will come as I write.

Making sentences is what I do. I mean, the story will come as I write.

Per Petterson quotes: That if I let myself go, did not always slow me down by thinking so much beforehand I could achieve many things I would never have dreamt possible!!

That if I let myself go, did not always slow me down by thinking so much beforehand I could achieve many things I would never have dreamt possible!!

Per Petterson quotes: If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it ...

If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it ...

Per Petterson quotes: You don't remember what you never fail to do, that is common knowledge,

You don't remember what you never fail to do, that is common knowledge,

Per Petterson quotes: I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

Per Petterson quotes: I see the shape of the wind on the water ...

I see the shape of the wind on the water ...

Per Petterson quotes: I was perfectly calm, I was the anchor of the world.

I was perfectly calm, I was the anchor of the world.

Per Petterson quotes: You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

Per Petterson quotes: And we do decide for ourselves when it will hurt.

And we do decide for ourselves when it will hurt.