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1 " Three depressed patients in a row. You almost start having suicidal thoughts yourself. What if they're right? What if life really is meaningless? What if they've cracked the code, seen the truth, unlike the rest of us? "
― Camilla Grebe , Some Kind of Peace
2 " There’s something liberating about the world of numbers. There is no gray area, no subjectivity, no room for interpretation; either you calculated right or you calculated wrong. I wish the rest of life were that simple. For "
― Camilla Grebe , The Ice Beneath Her (Flickorna och mörkret, #1)
3 " Hope is just an overrated life raft that sick people are expected to cling to with a brave and grateful smile. Letting go is apparently not only foolhardy, but disloyal. "
4 " We sit across from each other and when our eyes meet it is as if they cling to each other "
5 " Life is about loss, my mother used to say when she stood smoking under the fan. Loss of the innocence we’re all born with, of the people we love, of our health and our physical abilities, and ultimately—of course—the loss of our own lives. "
6 " To live for only one thing means you no longer have to make decisions—the road ahead is already mapped out. I "
7 " You could kill yourself, or you could have a beer. And when the choice was between the bridge or the pub, I always chose the pub. — "
8 " Life is about loss, my mother used to say when she stood smoking under the fan. Loss of the innocence we’re all born with, of the people we love, of our health and our physical abilities, and ultimately—of course—the loss of our own lives. As usual, she was right. — "
9 " I’ve started thinking: I don’t have to let it happen. I can choose to end my life before I become a vegetable. The difficulty is, of course, knowing when. "
― Camilla Grebe , After She's Gone
10 " She has life ahead of her. It is growing inside of her. My life lies behind me. I drag it behind me, like a tail. "
― Camilla Grebe , Dvalan (Flickorna och mörkret, #3)
11 " His eyes wandered over her body as if she were a foreign land. A new, exciting continent he was considering emigrating to. "
12 " My life: a constant struggle to overcome fear, to retain some kind of normalcy. "
13 " Les gens font des choix mystérieux et c'est impossible de pleinement comprendre une autre personne. Parfois, il faut se contenter de l'accepter. "
14 " L'amour et la beauté sont passagers. La merde, elle, est éternelle. "
15 " La vie est étrange. Et elle n'en devient pas moins étrange à mesure qu'on prend de l'âge. On s'habitue aux bizarreries, on apprend à les accepter. "
16 " Différent ne veut pas dire moins bien. Différent peut vouloir dire meilleur. "
17 " Il ne fait aucun doute que l'homme est l'animal le plus dangereux de la planète. Nous chassons et tuons continuellement, non seulement les individus des autres espèces, mais aussi de la nôtre. "
18 " Être aimée. Être désirée. Comme les pâtisseries aux framboises dans la vitrine de la boulangerie. "
19 " I think about it all the time. I’m not afraid of death, but I am afraid of losing myself. "
20 " the flashlight offers a false sense of security—outside its beam the darkness is impenetrable, and it leaves me as visible as a lighthouse. "
