Favorite quotes Britt-Marie Was Here
“All marriages have their bad sides, because all people have weaknesses. If you live with another human being you learn to handle these weaknesses in a variety of ways. For instance, you might take the view that weaknesses are a bit like heavy pieces of furniture, and based on this you must learn to clean around them. To maintain the illusion.”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
“It was an effective system, always having people there to blame for everything without ever having to define who they really were.”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
“No one is quite his equal”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
” -They forgot what made them successful.
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
-What do you do when that happens?
-You start again.”
“Sometimes it’s easier to go on living, not even knowing who you are, when at least you know precisely where you are while you go on not knowing.”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
“At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
“A year turned into several years, and several years turned into all the years. One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened.”
Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here
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