329 Quotes by Fredrik Backman

Being a mother can be like drying out the foundations of a house or mending a roof: it takes time, sweat, and money, and once it's done everything looks exactly the same as it did before. It's not the sort of thing anyone gives you praise for.

There’s only one person being buried, but she was many more women than that for those left behind.

Being a mother can be like drying out the foundations of a house or mending a roof; it takes time, sweat and money, and once it's done everything looks exactly the same as it did before. It's not the sort of thing anyone gives you praise for.

Mom. You taught me that I don't have to have dreams. I can have goals.

It was as if he didn't want other people to talk to him, he was afraid that their chattering voices would drown out the memory of her voice.

You can love something without loving everything about it. You don't have to feel embarrassed about not being proud. That applies to hockey, but it also applies to friends.

She could see winter making itself comfortable across the town. She liked the silence of this time of year, but had never appreciated its smugness. When the snow arrives autumn has already done all the work, taking care of all the leaves and carefully sweeping summer away from people’s memories. All winter had to do was roll in with a bit of freezing weather and take all the credit, like a man who’s spent twenty minutes next to a barbecue but has never served a full meal in his life.

She goes silent. Ashamed of herself as mothers are when they realize they have passed that point in life when they want more from their daughters than their daughters want from them.

Just everything else, Mum. I just have everything else from you.