23 Quotes by Karin Fossum

If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there - it's that simple.

Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time.

If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there – it’s that simple.

I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It’s such a blow.

If we don’t believe in the Devil, we won’t be able to recognize him when he suddenly shows up.

You have a daughter who’s been through puberty,” he said inquisitively. “So what was it like?” “Oh,” Sejer said, looking out the window. “It was mostly Elise who handled that type of thing. But I do remember it. Puberty is a really rough time. She was a sunbeam until she turned thirteen, then she began to snarl. She snarled until she was fourteen, then she began to bark. And then it wore off.

Why did criminals have so many rights? Why were they entitled to respect and understanding? Had they not acted so unlawfully that these rights should be stripped from them?

Grieving is something we have to live with, it’s a constant battle. And the enemy is the rest of our lives. All those nights. All those hours.

If you like someone, you’ll believe anything they say,” Matteus said. “Think about that for a while. When you sit in your office talking to Johnny Beskow.