Audrey T

“They spent one entire night together, some people might think that doesn’t sound like much, but they can never have been properly in damn love. Most people have never had a hint of how that feels.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“You’re an artist if you create something! You’re an artist if you don’t see the world the way it is, if you hate white walls! No one else decides what art is, no one can stop you loving whatever you like, the cynics and critics can have control of all the other crap on the planet… but they can’t decide how hard your heart beats! Become whatever you want, but don’t become one of them. Art is a fragile enough light as it is. It can be blown out by a single sigh. Art needs friends, with our bodies against the wind and our hands cupped around the flame, until it’s strong enough to burn brightly with its own power. Until it’s an inferno. Unstoppable.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“children are so fragile that if you’re the least bit fragile yourself, it’s hopeless right from the start. At least one of you will fall apart.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“Adults never understand that for a child who uses drawing to escape from reality, being made to do it on command is unbearable.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends