Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact. - Jo Nesbo

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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. — Steven Kloves

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I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be. ― Michelle Obama

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We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. — Arianna Huffington

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Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow. —Mahatma Gandhi

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Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. _ Benjamin Franklin

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. ― Booker T. Washington

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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

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