A House in Norway

be‍­cause there had been sev‍­er‍­al things in Alma’s life she could have been angry about, but she had never really ex‍­pressed them

He wanted to capture her essence and change her, but he couldn’t, and he liked that she remained a foreign country.

they were never going to see eye to eye anyway.

When she explored a topic, she ended up exploring herself.

It was just a house, she reminded herself, it was only money. And we only live once, she said to herself, and we live on a star.

However, the real question was whether she could turn her anxiety into something constructive.

expectations could divide as well as unite.

That was another thing she could philosophise about: how the past closes in on itself and dies and yet according to psychoanalysis, it works away inside us all the same.

It wasn’t easy to connect with the person she used to be, but she guessed that she would have been quite pleased

she would run to the forest and when she reached it, she would feel safe because she knew the forest and it told no tales.