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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Like a dog!" he said, it was as if the shame of it should outlive him.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Belief is half of all healing.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Of course you are afraid, the monster said, pushing him slowly forward. And yet you will still do it.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“I am so tired. The weight of my expendability is crushing.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter

“What is it with men? Have they got a different density from women, or what? How come anyone with a dick always rises to the top of every single organization?”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Fucking men! YOU’RE the problem! Religion doesn’t fight, guns don’t kill, and you need to be very fucking clear that hockey has never raped anyone! But do you know who do? Fight and kill and rape?” Sune clears his throat. “Men?” “MEN! It’s always fucking men!”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“If I ever meet myself,' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Women are always the problem in the men’s world.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Men! You know why you can never rely on men? Because they love men! No one loves men as much as men do, Kira! They can’t even watch sports if it’s not being played by men! Sweaty, panting men fighting against other men, with ten thousand men in the stands, that’s what men want. I bet you they’ll soon invent a type of porn featuring nothing but men but aimed at heterosexual men who don’t really get turned on by men but don’t think women are actually capable of having sex properly!”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“It's hard to admit that we've been wrong. And the bigger the mistake, the harder it is.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“We are born alone, die alone, and fight alone.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“love never has enough space.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“You have to make the most of the happy endings whenever you get the chance.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“So what the hell is life, Peter, other than moments?”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“The only day you can influence is today. You can't do a damn thing about yesterday and tomorrow, but you can do something about TODAY!”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“if you show you’re capable, you get even more to do”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“There’s no justice. None that applies to everyone, anyway, at least not here.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“It’s the same everywhere: almost everyone loves too much, hates too easily, forgives too little.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“Loving someone is one thing, but who the hell can bear being LOVED for twenty years?”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“It isn't easy to become a grown-up, but that's nothing compared to how hard it is to let someone else do it.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners