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“Ove has been a grumpy old man since the first day of second grade”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say.”
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“At present I do not feel that I have seen more than the fringe of poverty. Still, I can point to one or two things I have definitely learned by being hard up. I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant. That is a beginning.”
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“Maybe to her destiny was "something"; that was none of his business. But to him, destiny was "someone.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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