Books I've actually finished lately:113

The description [in Minima Moralia] of a short-order cook in a place like Teddy’s Cafe, as ‘a juggler with fried-eggs’ is Nabokovian, though in addition to seeing the cook as a juggler Nabokov would probably have put a spin on the eggs too. I thought of this as I made a note in my notebook...

- Geoff Dyer

Clarification [priority: URGENT]

The new Norwegian Bible translation is by no means a rush job.

- Frode Helland, Fonts In Use magazine

... and other lines I did not expect to read this Monday morning.

Shelley - in context

If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
If you live in Norway - yes, it can.