Johan Theorin > Quotes

“The May sunshine makes both the trolls and the elves disappear, he thought. They burst like soap bubbles. Only human beings remain, for a little while. We are a brief song beneath the sky, laughter in the wind that ends in a sigh. Then we too are gone.”
― Johan Theorin, Blodläge

“Felicidades, tu nueva vida empieza ahora." Pero ha pensado eso tantas veces... Uno puede cambiar de trabajo y mudarse a una nueva ciudad, pero en realidad nada cambia. Se está atrapado en el mismo cuerpo, la misma escoria circula por la sangre, los mismos recuerdos dan vueltas en la cabeza.”
― Johan Theorin, Sankta Psyko

“Vertrouwen hebben in anderen zegt vooral veel over hoe stabiel je zelf bent.”
― Johan Theorin, Sint-Psycho

“The days passed.
Viveca waited. Waited and slept. Every morning when she woke up, she felt a little brighter. She felt stronger, and when she caught her reflection in the mirror, she looked younger. And the hands of the clock kept on moving backwards, and in the end Viveca began to suspect what was happening in this house of stone:
Time was moving backwards!”
― Johan Theorin

“Eighty was not as old as some thought, but of course it was easier to understand when an old person disappeared without a trace than when it happened to a child.”
― Johan Theorin, Echoes from the Dead

“Alla bekymmer försvinner när man möter ett barns blick. Deras ögon tar emot allt ljus i världen och sänder ut det igen.”
― Johan Theorin, Sankta Psyko

“Have you heard the story about the time Emil got his head stuck in the soup tureen?”
“Yeees…”
“Have you heard it lots of times?”
“Yesss!”
“Oh, so maybe you don’t want to hear it again?”
“Yes, we do!” they shout.
Jan smiles at them. All your troubles disappear when you look into the eyes of a child. They absorb all the light in the world, and it shines out of them. He opens the book and begins to read.”
― Johan Theorin

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― Johan Theorin, The Darkest Room