Thomas Enger > Quotes

“Surely there is a limit to how much evil a woman can do after she turns seventy?”
― Thomas Enger, Scarred

“Happiness was transient; it could never last.”
― Thomas Enger, Cursed

“It would be fantastic to have so much money, she thought. It would certainly have solved a problem or two, even though she knew that, generally, when you got something you wanted, your worries and problems then just shifted onto something else.”
― Thomas Enger, Cursed

“They both knew that if they had only managed to find a way to carry on living together, Jonas would still be alive.”
― Thomas Enger, Cursed

“It’s strange, Nora thought, how much sadness we put up with in daily life, just for those few opportunities. Like Olivia Svendsen, who lived for the summers, when she was out on the water all the time with Patrik. But was life necessarily about being happy all the time?”
― Thomas Enger, Cursed

“It’s hard to be grateful for what I had, he thinks, it’s hard to remember every day, every moment instead of mourning what will never be.”
― Thomas Enger, Burned

“I’ve come to understand that it’s quite usual for women who have yearned for a child for a long time to then become totally obsessive about the child when the dream comes true.”
― Thomas Enger, Cursed