329 Quotes by Fredrik Backman

Sreća je osećanje za decu i životinje, i nedostajaje joj biološka funkcija. Srećni ljudi ne stvaraju ništa, njihov svet je lišen umetnosti, muzike i oblakodera, kao i otkrića i inovacija. Sve vođe, svi vaši junaci su bili opsesivni. Srećni ljudi nisu opsesivni, oni ne posvećuju svoje živote tome da izleče neku bolest ili uzdignu avion u vazduh. Srećni ne ostavljaju ništa za sobom. Oni žive samo da bi živeli, i prisutni su na ovom svetu samo kao konzumenti. Ja nisam takav.

She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.

Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.

He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced.

That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.

All people at root are time optimists. We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.

One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.

At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?

A time like that comes for all men, when they choose what sort of man they want to be. And if you don't know the story, you don't know the man.