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1 " Men ziet niet veel, waar de duivel de kaars houdt. ~ Errki (Wie de wolf vreest) "
― Karin Fossum , He Who Fears the Wolf (Konrad Sejer, #3)
2 " We're not really afraid to die. We're only afraid of being forgotten. We know that we'll be forgotten, and the idea is unbearable, don't you agree? As time passes we become infrequent visitors in the minds of those left behind. The ones who clear out the house & divide up the belongings. Throw away the rubbish. And forget. If we knew that every evening someone lit a candle and sat down to think – thought about is if only for a few seconds – then we could depart this earth in peace. No-one will light a candle for me. Who would do that? "
― Karin Fossum
3 " Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time. "
― Karin Fossum , Broken
4 " If we don't believe in the Devil, we won't be able to recognize him when he suddenly shows up. "
― Karin Fossum , When the Devil Holds the Candle (Konrad Sejer, #4)
5 " It's hard, to live in the present. Right this minute. We spend most of our time in the past. Or in the future…about half in each. But to live in the present! Hardly anybody can do it. "
6 " If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there - it's that simple. "
7 " Take away security to leave room for experience. "
8 " Money isn't everything," Eva said knowingly. "Perhaps you'll die before you can enjoy it.""Perhaps you'll die before you've even lived," Maja countered. "
― Karin Fossum , Evas öga (Konrad Sejer, #1)
9 " Why did criminals have so many rights? Why were they entitled to respect and understanding? Had they not acted so unlawfully that these rights should be stripped from them? "
― Karin Fossum , The Caller (Konrad Sejer, #10)
10 " Do you know Oslo well?” Sejer asked, surprised. “I drove a taxi there for two years.” “Is there anything you haven’t done?” “I’ve never done any skydiving. "
― Karin Fossum , Don't Look Back (Konrad Sejer #2)
11 " Now while it's hanging in the gallery I pine for it. But once it's on my own wall, perhaps it will be different -- once it's here all the time, every time I lift my eyes ... when I come into the living room in the morning and in the evening ... Will it make me happy? Yes, a voice inside him said, it will make you happy. "
12 " How can you know you’re a good person if your life has been nothing but plain sailing? "
― Karin Fossum , Bad Intentions (Konrad Sejer, #9)
13 " Eram vinte e uma horas e quarenta minutos de 5 de Outubro, e Eva não tinha antecedentes criminais. "
14 " While I am absorbed by fiction, I pull the strings like a puppeteer; I make things happen. It's a passion and a lifelong obsession. "
15 " Grieving is something we have to live with, it's a constant battle. And the enemy is the rest of our lives. All those nights. All those hours. "
16 " Maja sighed and cleared away the glasses and plates. "Artists certainly aren't easy people.""No," Eva giggled. "but somebody's got to take the trouble to emphasize the depths of existence. So that the rest of you have a surface to skate over. "
17 " You have a daughter who’s been through puberty,” he said inquisitively. “So what was it like?” “Oh,” Sejer said, looking out the window. “It was mostly Elise who handled that type of thing. But I do remember it. Puberty is a really rough time. She was a sunbeam until she turned thirteen, then she began to snarl. She snarled until she was fourteen, then she began to bark. And then it wore off. "
18 " If you like someone, you’ll believe anything they say,” Matteus said. “Think about that for a while. When you sit in your office talking to Johnny Beskow. "
19 " achieved a result, then just hours later this retreat, which didn't worry him, he said, the confession would weigh heavily in court, it needed explaining. We're hopeful that Gøran will be convicted, he said, sounding very persuasive. "
― Karin Fossum , The Indian Bride (Konrad Sejer, #5)
20 " To reach your children, Ruth thought, you have to take an interest in whatever is important to them... "
― Karin Fossum , Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer, #6)
