Claudia Eichhorn

“There is nothing that makes a man grow beyond his stature than a woman telling him she loves him. and however much she might have lied to him, there will always be a part of him that is grateful to her for this, and that will harbour some love for her.”
― jo nesbo

“Despite everything, I've tried to take responsibility for my life, and not merely allowed it to float away at the mercy of whatever current came along.”
― Henning Mankell, The Troubled Man

“What scared him more than anything else was an old age spent simply waiting to die, a time when nothing of what had been his life was still possible.”
― Henning Mankell

“I intend to die with a bottle of champagne by my bed. I'll drink a toast to the fact that, despite everything, I was able to experience the singular adventure of being born, living and one day disappearing into the darkness once again.”
― Henning Mankell, The Troubled Man