“It is hard to teach an old dog to sit, as well as it is difficult to teach an old Laplandian rafter to swim.”

“The pronunciation of both Sami and Portuguese languages is strikingly similar: the Portuguese evolved from folksy Latin while the Sami evolved from reindeers' howling.”

“Sometimes life is truly woeful.”

“Sometimes conceiving an affection for an animal is easier than for a human.”

“You've got to know how to howl to give yourself an escape route.”

“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”

“One has to live a life that creates a writer.”