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Anne Fortier is a Danish / Canadian writer who has lived in the US and Canada since 2002. She was born in 1971 in Holstebro to mother Birgit Malling Eriksen. Fortier submitted her first manuscript for publication at the age of 13. Since then, she has written the novels Hyrder på bjerget (in Danish, 2005),Juliet (in English, 2010), Julie (co-written with Nina Bolt in Danish, 2013), Amazonerne's Ring (in Danish, 2013) and The Lost Sisterhood (in English, 2014).

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Romeo was cute …” “Cute?” Alessandro rolled his eyes. “What kind of man is cute?” “… and an excellent dancer …” “Romeo had feet of lead! He said so himself!” “… but most importantly,” I concluded, “he had nice hands!

Alessandro, Cute, Excellent, Eye, Nice

There is a trick to flying. The angels told me. " He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When you are human, you discover that there is great power in hating the earth. And it can almost make you fly. But it never will. " I had frowned, not quite understanding him. "So, what's the trick?" "Love the sky.

Angel, Fly, Forget, Forget Everything, Hate, Power

. . . had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples.

Taken, World, Neurosis, Fluctuating, Illness, Fact

If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to take that risk?

Hundred, Letting Go, Risk, Six, Stretching, Years

But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?. . . principessa?" I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast.

Beautiful, Gave, Italian, Law, Principessa, Wear

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.

Instinct, Reason, Say, Used

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.

Believe, Great Love, Love You, Seeds, Sorrow

The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more.

Adventure, Book, History, Night, Suspense, Turning

I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else. ” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your balcony door.

Balcony, Doors, Nine, Said, Tomorrow

You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.

Hurt, Life, Life Hurts, Worth, Worth Living, Wrong

Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man.

Events, Long, Men, Power, Time, Tragic

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence.

According, Cups, Destiny, Influence, Measures

For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki shorts and golf shirts, to Umberto, were the garments of men who have no virtues left, not even shame.

Golf, Long, Men, Single, Virtues, Worn

Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.

Firstborn, Hope, Perhaps, Tragedy

She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives. Whatever it was, I was clearly missing it. It was so much more than just self-confidence; it seemed to be the ability to love oneself, enthusiastically and unsparingly, body and soul, naturally followed by the assumption that every man on the planet is dying to get in on the act.

Enthusiastically, Laughter, Love, Men, Self Confidence, Wonder

When the old men fight, the young people die.

Die, Fighting, Men, People

Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?' Alessandro stopped in the middle of the corridor, took out the gun, and wrapped my hand around it before I realized what he was doing. 'Can you feel that? That's a gun. It exists. And there are a lot of people out there who do believe in it. So, excused me for taking care of them so you can have your peace.

Believe, Gun, Look, Peace, Struggle, Wanna

as a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal her lips before they fled him again. suspended somewhere between cherubs and devils, his quarry ceased to buck, and he spread his wings wide and let the rising wind carry them off across the sky, until even the predator himself had lost every hope of returning home. within that one embrace, [he] became aware of a feeling of certainty he had not thought possible for anyone - even the virtuous. with her in his arms, all other women, past, present, and future, simply ceased to exist.

Aware, Home, Land, Past, Spread, Women

. . . it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.

Fifty, Percent, See, Think, Thinking

I wish I had the power to flip my reality upside down like an hourglass, and that life wasn't a finite affair, but rather a perpetually recurring passage through a hole in time.

Down, Flip, Reality, Recurring, Time, Wish

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