329 Quotes by Fredrik Backman

Amat, Lifa, and Zaccharias were the sort of children who got passed over. They've stuck together ever since. Lifa is less talkative than a tree, Zacharias louder than a radio, and Amat just appreciates the company. They make a good team.

The women glare at each other. Grin. You have friends when you're fifteen years old. Sometimes you get them back.

That we do our best. We plant an apple tree today, even if we know the world is going to be destroyed tomorrow. We save those we can.

He's been longing for it for a long time now. The end. He misses her so much that sometimes he can't bear existing in his own body.

But sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don't share it there's a good chance that it will drive them apart instead.

Because when you love someone very much, it's difficult to learn to share her with someone else.

-E o superputere bună să poți schimba amintirile, recunoaște Elsa.Bunica dă din umeri.-Dacă nu poți să scapi de alea rele, măcar să-ndeși acolo cât mai multe bune.

It's strange how quickly the significance of a certain smell can change, depending on what path it decides to take through the brain. It's strange how close love and fear live to each other.

In the beginning the queen had been a courageous and fair-minded princess very much liked by all, but unfortunately she grew up and became a frightened adult, as adults tend to be. She started loving efficiency and avoiding conflict. As adults do.