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“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
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“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
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
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― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“It's been six months since she died. But Ove still inspects the whole house twice a day to feel the radiators and check that she hasn't sneakily turned up the heating.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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