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23 quotes
Swedish writer
“For the perpetrator, rape lasts just a matter of minutes. For the victim, it never stops.”
"... not all monsters look like monsters. There are some that carry their monstrosity inside."
on Philosophy
"Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride."
on Pride
"Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason."
on Love
"The worst thing about having power over other people's lives is that you sometimes get things wrong."
on Power
"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?"
on Life
"Grow up and be different and don’t let anyone tell you not to be different, because all superheroes are different."
on Inspirational
"Because a time comes in every man's life when he decides what sort of man he's going to be: the kind who lets other people walk all over him, or not."
on Character
"Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward."
"To teach her that not all monsters are in the beginning, and not all monsters look like monsters. Some carry their monstrosity inside."
on Fear
"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."
on Identity
"You should choose your battles if you can, but if the battle chooses you then kick the sod in his fuse box!"
on Courage
"You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away."
on Hope
"Men are what they are because of what they do, not what they say."
"It's possible to love your grandmother for years and years without really knowing anything about her."
"What is a community? It is the sum total of our choices."
on Community
"Because when you love someone very much, it's difficult to learn to share her with someone else."
"One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened."
"He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced."
"When it comes to terror, reality’s got nothing on the power of the imagination[.]"
"Everything is complicated if no one explains it to you."
on Wisdom
