Åsa Svensson

“There are people who leave and people who know how to be left.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

“I would always be afraid: afraid of saying the wrong thing, of using an exaggerated tone, of dressing unsuitably, of revealing petty feelings, of not having interesting thoughts.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

“They were more severely infected than the men, because while men were always getting furious, they calmed down in the end; women, who appeared to be silent, acquiescent, when they were angry flew into a rage that had no end.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“As far as I’m concerned, religion is public transportation I never use.”
― Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation