...most people do't do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.

... when your desire to win is stronger than your fear of losing, you have a chance.

...most people don't do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.

All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.

Sometimes it hurts, it really hurts, for no other reason than the fact that our skin doesn't feel like it's ours.

Vi tror at det alltid vil være tid nok til å gjøre ting overfor andre mennesker. Tid nok til å si ting til dem. Og så skjer det noe, og da står vi plutselig der og tenker på ord som «hvis bare»

Alla föräldrar har fem minuter i bilen utanför huset då och då, där de bara blir sittande. Där de bara andas och samlar kraft för att orka gå in till allt ansvaret igen. De kvävande förväntningarna på att vara god och orka. Alla föräldrar har tio sekunder i trapp uppgången någon gång, med nyckeln i handen, utan att sätta den i låset

She found it easier to forgive than Ove did. Forgive God and the universe and everything. Ove got angry instead. Maybe because he felt someone had to be angry on her behalf, when everything that was evil seemed to assail the only person he'd ever met who didn't deserve it.

The only time I'm not moving forward is when I'm taking aim.

That’s the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people’s.