Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

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When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.

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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.

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St Ives

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Said he, 'I think it's much more fun
Than getting stuck with only one.'

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And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after.

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All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
'I live with my brat in a high-rise flat,
So how in the world would I know.'

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