329 Quotes by Fredrik Backman

Той бе от хората, които бяха наясно с всичко, което е черно на бяло. А тя беше неговият цвят. Тя беше всичкият цвят, от който той имаше нужда.

The truth? It's hardly ever as complicated as we think. We just hope it is, because then we feel smarter if we can work it out in advance.

E' così che la nonna chiama le BUGIE: altre versioni della verità.

Ove didn't dislike this cat in particular. It was just that he didn't much like cats in general. He'd always perceived them as untrustworthy. Especially when, as in the case of Ernest, they were as big as mopeds. It was actually quite difficult to determine whether he was just an unusually large cat or an outstandingly small lion. And you should never befriend something if there's a possibility it may take a fancy to eating you in your sleep.

You can't live long with the ones who are only beautiful, Jules. But the funny ones, oh, they last a lifetime.

It's possible to love your grandmother for years and years without really knowing anything about her.

And now she stood outside the station with his flowers pressed happily to her breast, in all that red cardigan of hers, making the rest of the world look as if it was made in greyscale.

One of the first things you learn as a leader, whether you choose the position of have it forced upon you, is that leadership is as much about what you don't say as what you do say.

Every human being needs to know what she's fighting for. That was what they said, And she fought for what was good. For the children she never had. And Ove fought for her.