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“…the good days were worst of all, because there were always just enough of them for you to forget they were merely a countdown.” Pg327 sadly relatable

“The good days were never good, they were a lie, they never lasted.” Pg325

“A violent man is a sickness for all around him.’” Pg324

“Because they were right, the old women in the supermarket, Joar was a poor child. But not because of his mom. She was all that was good in the world. Definitely not an idiot.”

“But did she have poor judgment? Do bears shit in the woods?” Pg301 again with the author creating a tone of understanding and venerating a parent who allows or causes their child to suffer

I hate when authors put a big focus on religion (especially their own beliefs) into their books, as is the case with this one. Just one small example from the book: “If the minister heard it, he pretended not to have, and if Heaven existed, God was probably prepared to overlook it too.” Pg269