“I think it’s much easier being gay here than in the United States”
“The most everyday things make sense in Finland, like weighing your own vegetables”
“There are numerous foreigners in Finland who want to be spokespersons for this country”
“Ice swimming is like meditation”
“Finnish women are very strongly willed, much more so than Finnish men”
“I feel alive, instead of being stuck in some really monotonous routine”
“This is not a place for everyone ― people find it boring”
