Karin Smirnoff > Quotes

“Måndag morgon är måndag morgon oavsett var i världen man bor. Det är ingen tröst.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Jag for ner till bror

“You can never change the path of fate, only choose which side to walk on,”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“You can’t change the path you walk, you can only change the side you walk on.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“En människa som ramlat. Hjälp honom upp.
En människa som lagt sig ner. Låt honom ligga.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Vi for upp med mor

“Jag stod kvar med de tjocka och blyga. De som alltid valdes sist. Från brännbollen och ända in i evigheten.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Jag for ner till bror

“You seem extremely well informed about guns,” says Birna. “Are you a member of the armed forces?” “No, I’m a librarian.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“Mikael has suppressed his memory of Faste’s laugh. A kind of girlish giggle fettered inside a sixty-three-year-old police officer’s body. Scary.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“There is a special place in hell for CEOs and venture capitalists. Men with webbed feet and arms that double as wings.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl with Ice in Her Veins

“Det var ingen obehaglig tystnad. Det var bara den sortens tystnad som inte orkar söka efter nya ord.”
― Karin Smirnoff, Jag for ner till bror

“The speech is only a google away, freely available for anyone to download”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“can never change the path of fate, only choose which”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

“the quality of the questions determines the quality of the answers. Don’t make do with simple answers simply to get the job done. Ask for more time if that’s what will take you forward. Ask uncomfortable questions. Even a denial is an answer. A hesitation is an opening and a lie is a smoke screen to hide something else.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons