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“I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.”
― Henning Mankell, Italian Shoes

“Just as no significant work of art can be created without the element of irrationality that is in fact the artist's talent." p.179

"He wondered if there was a greater distance than the one between two people in the same bed pretending to sleep." p.213”
― Henning Mankell, Depths

“It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky
like that, I wish I could write music”
― Henning Mankell, Italian Shoes

“Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as meaningless violence. Every violent act had a meaning for the person who committed it. Only when you dared accept this truth could you hope to turn society in another direction.”
― Henning Mankell, Die fünfte Frau