33 Quotes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards

So, I suppose you just have a sense of where it is. And you don’t have to be precise, is that it?”“Allah is great. He has such wide shoulders.”Carl stuck out his lower lip in a pout. Of course Allah did. What was he thinking, anyway?

Assad: 'I have written it just down here.'He Pointed to a number of Arabic symbols that could just as well have meant it was going to snow in the Lofoten Islands in the morning.

Did the iceberg interrupt the titanic?

Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar.

Strah je istini dobar drug, a oholosti laž.

Carl closed his eyes and tried to recall a couple of significant moments in his life. After a few seconds of nothingness, he opened them again.

It came from down where laughter is a defense and not an outstretched hand.

A disguise often had the same effect on people as alcohol, as they both strengthened courage as well as the characteristics that didn’t normally see the light of day.