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“I guess when you are young, you believe that you will meet many people with whom you'll connect with, but later in life you realize it only happens a few times.”
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― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“God took a child from me, darling Ove. But he gave me a thousand others.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“People just have an affair, or even entire relationships, they breakup and they forget. They move on like they would have changed brand of cereals. I feel I was never able to forget anyone I've been with because each person had their own specific qualities.
You can never replace anyone what is lost is lost. I see in them little details, so specific to each of them, that move me and that I miss and will always miss. You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful, specific details.”
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You can never replace anyone what is lost is lost. I see in them little details, so specific to each of them, that move me and that I miss and will always miss. You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful, specific details.”
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“It's a strange thing, becoming an orphan at sixteen. To lose your family long before you've had time to create your own to replace it. It's a very specific sort of loneliness.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“We can busy ourselves with living or with dying, Ove. We have to move on.”
And that’s how it was.”
― A Man Called Ove
And that’s how it was.”
― A Man Called Ove
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