Eli

“Did you know that darkness has a taste, Grandma?”
― Jo Nesbø, The Snowman

“Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It’s the opposite; it’s a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing you can be frightened of here is yourself.”
― Jo Nesbø, The Snowman

“But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything else permanent that has gone missing; a lost tooth, a severed leg. You might know better, but that doesn’t keep your tongue from poling at the hole in your gum, or your phantom limb from aching.”
― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care

“There's a strong social urge in man to be needed.”
― Jo Nesbø, The Snowman