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“You aren't those words. You aren't the shouts and names. You aren't the awful things spat at you like flavorless gum. You aren't the punches or the bruises they cause. You aren't the blood running from your nose. You aren't under their control. You are not theirs.

Inside you is always the part of you that no one can touch. You are you. You are your own and inside you is the universe. You can be whatever you want. You can be anyone.

Don't be afraid. You don't have to be afraid anymore.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Do not seek power for revenge. Seek power in order to avoid situations that would make you want revenge.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Better off alone than in bad company.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Longing was a feeling that was hard to live with. It didn’t ask permission. It didn’t pay attention to time or place. It was overwhelming and demanding, grasping and selfish. It clouded thoughts or made them too bright, too sharp. Longing demanded unconditional surrender. Lumikki tried to fight it and failed. She didn’t want to long and yet she longed. She didn’t want to remember, and yet her dreams and her body remembered, reminding her constantly.
The longing was physical. It was dizziness. It was a seizing in her belly. It was the need to wrap her arms around herself alone in bed when there was no one else to do it for her. She felt the longing in her fingertips that yearned to stroke, to touch, to caress. The longing made her fingers restless, fiddling with the zipper of her jacket, the strings in her hoodie, fidgeting with whatever little thing happened to her hand. The longing made her teeth bite into her lower lip, leaving it chipped and almost bleeding. She knew she was being stupid. She knew her longing was pointless.”
― Salla Simukka, As White as Snow

“Once upon a time, there was a girl who was not afraid. The girl ran as people run who do not fear falling. Her small, strong, nimble feet sped over the rocks and stumps. On the soles of her feet, she felt the soft moss, the sun-warmed sand, the prickly pine needles, the dewy grass. She trusted that her legs would carry her wherever she wished to go. The girl laughed as those laugh who have not yet known humiliation. Her laughter started deep in her belly. It filled her chest, gurgled in her throat, and bubbled on her tongue. Finally, it wriggled out of her mouth, shot through the air, and burst into apple blossoms on the trees. Her laughter warmed and brightened all that surrounded her. Often it ended in hiccuping, but that did not matter because the hiccuping only made her laugh all the more. The girl trusted as those trust for whom the earth has never given way, whom no one has ever betrayed. She hung upside down and trusted that she would not fall. Or if she fell, someone would catch her before she hit the ground. Once upon a time, there was a girl who learned fear. Fairy tales do not begin this way. Other, darker stories do.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“For so many years, Lumikki had needed to find hiding places because she was afraid. Finding secret nooks and safe havens was a lifeline. These days, it wasn’t so much about fear as a desire to find some room just for her in a place that was shared by everyone.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“On vain epätäydellisyyttä, jossa on ripaus iloa.”
― Salla Simukka, Viimeiset

“Yeah. I'm the secret love child of Hercule Poirot and Lisbeth Salander.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“For her a day of pampering meant comic books, black liquorice, serious exercise, veggie curry and, above all, solitude.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“You aren’t those words. You aren’t the shouts and names. You aren’t the awful things spat at you like flavorless gum. You aren’t the punches or the bruises they cause. You aren’t the blood running from your nose. You aren’t under their control. You are not theirs. Inside you is always the part of you that no one can touch. You are you. You are your own and inside you is the universe. You can be whatever you want. You can be anyone. Don’t be afraid. You don’t have to be afraid anymore.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“The easiest way to get along in life is to meddle as little as possible.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“A noose around the neck was still a noose even if it was encrusted with diamonds.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Et ole ne sanat. Et ole huudot ja haukkumiset. Et ole ilkeydet, jotka syljetään päällesi kuin makunsa menettäneet purukumit. Et ole nyrskiniskut etkä niistä syntyneet mustelmat. Et ole veri, joka vuortaa nenästäsi. Et ole heidän määriteltävissään. Et ole heidän.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“She was the puzzle piece that didn’t have its own place, but could suddenly fill in almost any hole you needed it to.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Do not seek power for revenge. Seek power in order to avoid situations that would make you want revenge. That sounded noble. In reality, all it meant was that Lumikki never wanted to be at a disadvantage ever again.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Never give people options, just give them simple directives. Don’t beg or demand, just tell them how things are.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“No calls, no emails, no Facebook messages, no letters, no Morse code with a flashlight during the dark hours of the night, no smoke signals blown with steaming breath on a chilly autumn night, no burning thoughts so intense that they could penetrate fog and walls and doors. Nothing. Complete silence. It was as if the whole person had disappeared from the face of the earth. Or, at least, disappeared from Lumikki's life in one swift stroke. Just as unexpectedly and presumptuously as they'd come.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Lumikki didn't bother saying that she was more likely to get bored being around other people, listening to their pointless small talk. Better off alone than in bad company. When she was alone, she could be completely herself. Free. No one demanding anything. No one talking when she wanted silence.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“O jee, onze geweldige geheim agent is dus verdomme ook nog een of andere computernerd,' zei Tuukka honend.
'Ja. Ik ben de geheime dochter van Hercule Poirot en Lisbeth Salander,' zei Lumikki zonder een spier te verrekken.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Let’s go inside,�� she said. Lumikki nodded.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“The easiest way to get along in life is to meddle as little as possible. That”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Ooit had ze een zus gehad.”
― Salla Simukka, As White as Snow

“her, but she didn’t care. She went out on the balcony and looked down into the yard. ”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Maar het verleden kon niet helemaal uitgewist worden. Alles laat zijn sporen achter in een mens.”
― Salla Simukka, Musta kuin eebenpuu

“Ik ben niet meer ik. Dat had ze toen gedacht. Het was waar. Ze was iemand anders geworden, een ander meisje.
Er was eens een meisje dat leerde bang te zijn.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood

“Excuse me, I'm looking for a man,' begon ze.
Nu leek het gezicht van de receptioniste te willen zeggen: 'Je bent niet de enige, darling.”
― Salla Simukka, As White as Snow

“Er kleeft bloed aan jouw handen, Lumikki. Dat weet je. Dat weet ik.”
― Salla Simukka, Musta kuin eebenpuu

“Roosje. Roosa”
― Salla Simukka, Musta kuin eebenpuu

“كما أن كل إنسان في هذا الكون لا بد أن يصبح وحيداً في نهاية المطاف، إلا أنه لم يكن هناك أي أحد وحيد، فالجميع خلقوا من العناصر ذاتها، ثم إن لوميكي ذاتها كانت متينة كالصخر و هشة كالبلور، قوية كالموج و أعواد القصب و ضعيفة كالعشب و الأوراق المتحللة، قوية كقرص الشمس الملتهب و ضعيفة كالفراغ البارد للفضاء.
كانت بحد ذاتها مؤلفة من عدة طبقات و أوجه، كما كانت تتشعب في اتجاهات عدة كحكاية خيالية عمرها الاف السنين كانت قد بدأت قبل أن يخترعوا عبارة في "في قديم الزمان" بأمد بعيد، و ستسمر طويلاً بعد عبارة " وعاشوا جميعاً بسعادة و هناء"، و ذلك لأنه لا شيء يحدث لمرة واحدة فقط، فكل القصص و الحكايات ظهرت في أوقات و أزمنة عديدة، و لكن طرأت عليها تحولات و تبدلات.”
― Salla Simukka

“No criticava les colles. Tan sols havia decidit que no acceptaria que la classifiquessin en cap categoria ni grup de referència que servís perquè els altres fessin pressuposicions sobre ella.
Era la que sempre menjava sola, però mai no semblava sola.
Era com una peça d'un altre trencaclosques, sense lloc, però que sorprenentment podia encaixar gairebé en qualsevol espai.”
― Salla Simukka, As Red as Blood