Gina

“Because a funny thing about rule-loving people is that to them it seems more important to impose punishment than it is to actually solve problems, and a funny thing about rule-breaking people is that they seem to find breaking rules a lot easier to do if someone else has broken them first.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“One of the ways the elite leverage control over the common citizen is through their outsized influence in the government. Their partners in the government will pass laws that look like they will benefit the everyday person, but in reality, are designed to give free handouts to the rich under the cloak of social support. This is what they call subsidies, or did when they were a little more honest about their intentions.”
― Tom Pane, The Money To Control: How The Elite Conspire Against You

“Best to be like dill, Lucas has concluded. Not like basil, the most anxious and ingratiating herb, but also not like cilantro, that conflict-seeking lunatic. Be dill. Nobody cares about dill.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“Carry this thing with you through life as a reminder of the pile within yourselves. Do not collect junk in your hearts. You can make yourself happy if you don't let others make you unhappy.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No