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Let the Right One In QUOTES

1 " Real love is to offer your life at the feet of another. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

2 " -there was something in her, something that was...pure horror. Everything you were supposed to watch out for. Heights, fire, shards of glass, snakes, Everything that his mom tried so hard to keep him safe from. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

3 " What he was scared of was not that maybe she was a creature who survived by drinking other people's blood. No, it was that she might push him away. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

4 " He couldn't have pulled back the lock, they couldn't simply have climbed over the sides of the stall in all of three seconds, because those weren't the rules of the game.

Theirs was the intoxication of the hunter, his the terror of the prey. Once they had actually captured him the fun was over and the punishment more of a duty that had to be carried out. If he gave up too early there was a chance they would put more of their energy into the punishment instead of the hunt. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

5 " No respect for beauty – that was characteristic of today’s society. The works of the great masters were at most employed as ironic references, or used in advertising. Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’, where you see a pair of jeans in place of the spark.

The whole point of the picture, at least as he saw it, was that these two monumental bodies each came to an end in two index fingers that almost, but not quite, touched. There was a space between them a millimetre or so wide. And in this space – life. The sculptural size and richness of detail of this picture was simply a frame, a backdrop, to emphasise the crucial void in its centre. The point of emptiness that contained everything.

And in its place a person had superimposed a pair of jeans. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

6 " Eli snorted, her eyes narrowed.
— Because I am like you.
— What do you mean like me? I..
Eli thrust her hand through the air as if she was holding a knife, said:
— What are you looking at, idiot? Want to die, or something? — Stabbed the air with empty hand. — That what happens if you look at me.
Oskar rubbed his lips together, dampening them.
— What are you saying?
— It's not me that's saying it. It's you. That was the first thing I heard you say. Down on the playground.
Oskar remembered. The tree. The knife. How he had held up the blade of the knife like a mirror, seen Eli for the first time. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

7 " A broom that was almost never used was leaned up against the wall. He took it and started to sweep. Dust flew up his nose. When he had been sweeping for a while he realised he had no dustpan. He swept the pile of dust under the couch. Better to have a little shit in the corners than a clean hell. He flipped through the pages of a porno, put it back. Wound his scarf around his neck until his head felt like it was about to explode, released it. Got up and took a few steps on the rug. Sank to his knees, prayed to god. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

8 " He felt like normal. Filled with anxiety, dread, sure. But even that wasn't unusual... "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

9 " He glanced at the sheep photograph and nodded to himself. In his present state it did not seem strange to him that the police were apprehending sheep. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

10 " He thought "what the hell was that?" but didn't have the energy to pursue it. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

11 " Keep your relationships brief. Don’t let them in. Once they’re inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the anguish as long as it only involves yourself. As long as there is no hope. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

12 " The degree of satisfaction and relief lessened each time she opened a new wound, each time she drank a mouthful of her own rapidly thinning blood. Towards morning she was a whimpering mass of abstinence and anguish. Anguish because she knew what had to be done if she was to live. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

13 " She showed her true face - there was something in it that was... Pure Horror "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

14 " Are you OLD?"
"No. I'm only twelve. But I've been that for a long time. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

15 " There was no one to be seen so she gave in freely to her sobs as she made her way home, pressed her arms against her stomach; the pain lodged in there like an ill-tempered foetus.
Let a person in and he hurts you.
There was a reason why she kept her relationships brief. Don't let them in. Once they're inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the anguish as long as it only involves yourself. As long as there is no hope. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

16 " Be me a little. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

17 " Closed his mouth. Then pressed a kiss on Oskar's lips. For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was... himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

18 " He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number of reasons for why they had to torment him; he was too fat, too ugly, too disgusting. But the real problem was simply that he existed, and every reminder of his existence was a crime. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

19 " Which monster do you choose? "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In

20 " They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?'
Oskar didn't reply. Eli pulled on her T-shirt, lifted her hands, let them fall.
'I'm never going to hurt you.'
'I know that.'
'What are you thinking about?'
'That T-shirt. Is it from the trash room?'
'...yes.'
'Have you washed it?'
Eli didn't answer.
'You're a little gross, you know that?'
'I can change, if you like.'
'Good. Do that. "

― John Ajvide Lindqvist , Let the Right One In