Stacie

“Berglund was certainly aware of the fact that there were two cities, two Uppsalas: Oskar’s and the skånkarna’s, with their academic degrees. You didn’t hear people talk about it much anymore, but you still felt the effects of this division.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“Life was a mixture of coincidence and hopes that often ran out in the sand.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“A person has to find a place where they fit in, that’s all.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“I’ve felt the same thing,” she said. “We all love our kids, but we want so much. The kids are everything to us, and yet they aren’t our life, so to speak. Some women love to putter around at home but I almost went crazy that first year. Sitting around the playground shooting the breeze with other moms was not my thing.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi