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The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8) QUOTES

The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8) QUOTES

1 " You are Bellman, aren’t you? The genius who sent the sauna ape after me?” Harry nodded toward the Finn. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

2 " Incidentally, I really agree with those who say that the capacity to forgive says something about the essential quality of a person. I'm the lowest grade.'
'I didn't mean to criticize you.'
'I promise to be better in my next life... "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

3 " no one is as they seem, and most of life, apart from honest betrayal, is lies and deceit. And the day we discover we are no different is the day we no longer want to live. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

4 " Kan du tenke deg hvordan det er å ligge aleine og tenke at akkurat nå blir could-have-been-kona di knulla på en kontorpult, se for deg ei lusekofte med ei naken, hvit bonderompe under som jobber på, helt til den stopper og liksom suger inn rompekinna og typen gauler: EG KJEM! "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

5 " I think it's possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you've realized something, it's too late. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

6 " ...'I've never told you this, but when you were in your teens one of your teachers called us. He said you'd been fighting in the playground again. With two of the boys from the grade above, but this time it hadn't turned out so well--they'd had to send you to the hospital to have your lip sewn and a tooth taken out. I stopped your allowance, remember? Anyway, Øystein told me about the fight later. You flew at them because they'd filled Tresko's knapsack with water from the school fountain. If I remember correctly, you didn't even like Tresko much. Øystein said the reason you'd been hurt so badly was that you didn't give in. You got up time after time and in the end you were bleeding so much that the big boys became alarmed and went on their way.'
Olav Hole laughed quietly. 'I didn't think I could tell you that at the time--it would only have been asking for more fights--but I was so proud I could have wept. You were brave, Harry. You were scared of the dark, but that didn't stop you going there.'... "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

7 " No, of love. It’s the same currency. Everything starts with love. Hatred is just the other side of the coin. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

8 " I promise to be better in my next life, "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

9 " That was what life was: a process of destruction, a disintegration from what at the outset was perfect. The only suspense involved was whether we would be destroyed in one sudden act or slowly. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

10 " Physical pain is not the worst thing a human has to deal with,” Altman said. “Believe me, I see it every day. Not death, either. Nor even fear of death.” “What is the worst, then?” “Humiliation. To be deprived of honor and dignity. To be disrobed, to be cast out by the flock. That’s the worst punishment; it’s akin to being buried alive. And the only consolation is that the person will perish fairly quickly.” “Mm.” Harry kept eye contact with Altman. “You don’t have anything in that cupboard to lighten the atmosphere, "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

11 " - Я просто развалился на куски.
Хаген вздохнул:
- Соберём.
- Beyond repair, - парировал Харри. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

12 " Friendship means nothing to a man if he has a tempting enough offer.- Harry Hole "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

13 " Life is, in essence, a simple matter. Its only goal is the maximising of pleasure. Even our much-lauded curiosity, our inclination to explore the universe and human nature, is a mere manifestation of the desire to accentuate and protract this pleasure. So when our sums end up on the minus side, when life offers us more pain than pleasure, and there’s no longer any hope of things changing, we end it. We eat or drink ourselves to death, swim out to where the current is strong, smoke in bed, drive when drunk, put off seeing the doctor even though the lump on the throat is growing. Or quite simply hang ourselves in the barn. It’s banal when you realise for the first time that this is actually a completely practical alternative; indeed, it doesn’t even feel like the most important decision of your life. To build that house or get that education – these are bigger decisions than choosing to end your life sooner than it otherwise would have ended. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

14 " Rikshospital. He was in the rhythm now. Time was not chopped up by events; it flowed in an even stream. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

15 " -¿Has bebido, Harry?
—¿Quieres oírlo?
—Tu abuelo bebía. Yo lo quería mucho. Borracho o sobrio. No hay mucha gente que pueda decir lo mismo de un padre borracho. No, no quiero oírlo.
—Ya.
—Y lo mismo puedo decir de ti. Te quiero. Siempre. Borracho o sobrio. Ni siquiera ha sido difícil. Aunque eras muy combativo. Te enfrentabas a la mayoría, incluido tú mismo. Pero quererte es lo más fácil que he hecho en la vida, Harry. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

16 " <<...η ικανότητα ενός ανθρώπου να συγχωρεί λέει κάτι για την ποιότητα του ανθρώπου.>> "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

17 " Let’s say that even those who believe themselves to be homeless occasionally discover that they have a home. A place where you could imagine being buried one day. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

18 " ...η ικανότητα ενός ανθρώπου να συγχωρεί λέει κάτι για την ποιότητα του ανθρώπου. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

19 " about the wreckers, those people in the old days of sailing ships who gave false signals to sailors and lured them onto underwater reefs so that they could plunder the wrecks. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)

20 " Harry shrugged. “I think it’s possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you’ve realized something, it’s too late. "

― Jo Nesbø , The Leopard (Harry Hole, #8)