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“One of the most painful moments in a person’s life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Ove feels an instinctive skepticism towards all people taller than six feet; the blood can’t quite make it all the way up to the brain.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
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