The more you grow, the more you realize that nothing is more important than sleep.
…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
Now the gossip must stop. Now I’m tired of getting sucked into your columns. Then you must sue me if you dare.
At my age, you think about the afterlife. I’m mostly inclined to think there’s nothing there, but sometimes I can’t help but let my imagination run wild. My good friend Ulla Steen says she believes that all of us who like each other meet in the big angel bar where we are expected. I see myself arriving at the angel bar, and there’s my father, my husband and my son, and one of them says: “There’s Lise. Now we are four again for a l’hombre.
I was mortified that she disappeared before me, sitting at her writing desk, surrounded by classical music. A cerut in hand and a glass of whisky within reach.
I’ve never tried that before, so I can probably do it well!
If you only want to see dog shit, then there is dog shit.
I’m not wise, but the beginnings of wisdom are there; it’s like relaxing into – and accepting – things.
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
I can’t give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody.
My articles were based on something I wanted to change. Everyone has the right to a decent life, and I thought it was important to give vulnerable people support and confidence. I was brought up to respect other people.
Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all
I had to go through so horribly much before I found out to skip where the fence is lowest.
If they want to be with sour and awkward people during their vacation, well, then they should probably choose another travel agency.
If the heroes run and hide, who will stay and fight?
Sometimes, the wrong train takes you to the right station.
If it’s dancing, or anything else in life my darling, that matters to you, then don’t let anything or anyone stop you.
Do you ever miss yourself? The person you were before you had your first heartbreak or before you got betrayed by a person you trusted? I do.
Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.
I was raised in a free and liberal home. I have never felt threatened by other cultures, other colors or other ways of thinking. In 30 years, there will be more and more colors in the minds of the people who walk around our streets. And we want to move around a lot more ourselves. It is also necessary that we open up if we are to remain strong at that time.
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
If one is not happy with oneself, then why should others be?
Everything sounds deep when you don’t read books.
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
There’s one thing worse than being boring. It is to be immoral