JTown

“Sometimes life doesn’t let you choose your battles. Just the company you keep.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Very few people have that effect. Very few people are tequila and champagne at the same time.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Culture isn't just what we encourage but what we allow to happen.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Community is the fact that we work toward the same goal, that we accept our respective roles in order to reach it. Values is the fact that we trust each other. That we love each other.” David thought about that for a long while before asking: “What about culture, then?” Sune looked more serious, choosing his words carefully. In the end he said: “For me, culture is as much about what we encourage as what we actually permit.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown