63 Quotes by Jonas Jonasson

En esa ocasión, Allan se quedó en la cocina contemplando la escena a través de la ventana. Y entonces dijo en voz baja, sin que nadie lo oyera: -Adiós, mamá. Con ello cerró un capítulo de su vida.

„Ty, co říkaj jenom to, co je pravda, nemá cenu poslouchat,

Bitva o Stalingrad byla pro Stalina, mírně řečeno, osobní záležitostí.

People could behave how they liked, but Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to.

But as long as we think positively, I’m sure a solution will appear.

Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.

Things are what they are, and whatever will be will be. That meant, among other things, that you didn’t make a fuss, especially when there was good reason to do so: for example, when they heard the news about his father’s death. In accordance with family tradition, Allan reacted by chopping wood, although for an unusually long time and without saying a word.

Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.

Imagine that, death was just like being asleep. Would he have time to think before it was all over? And would he have time to think that he had thought it? But wait, how much do you have to think before you have finished thinking?