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Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1) QUOTES

Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1) QUOTES

1 " You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

2 " We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

3 " Each person searches for the most beautiful jump which will be the final before leaving this world. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

4 " Those who contemplate never escape the doubt. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

5 " Your memories will be a flock of birds, silently flying in the sky. You will see them flying in and see them flying away. The memories will disappear and there will be nothing left. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

6 " God allowed no mistakes. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

7 " Not everything can go according to the plan. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

8 " One can never wait too long. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

9 " Children get acquainted with each other in a special way, they do not make contracts as adults, they believe each other or not. Childish friendships often end in violence. You may become an enemy all of a sudden as well as notice that you are someone's best friend. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

10 " A full description of a person's life, however uneventful or uninteresting, fills a large folder. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

11 " On the one hand, everything is connected, on the other hand, it is not. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

12 " You can't interrupt the process of making a key once you've started. It lets a kind of hesitation into the iron. That happens and the key will never sit well in its lock. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

13 " Working with keys is always meaningful. Locking and opening is, in a sense, man's very purpose on this earth. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

14 " Key rings rattle throughout history. Each key, each lock has its tale. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

15 " Someone must lead the way. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

16 " The Christian world had become mired in a bog of misconceptions and had tried God's patience. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

17 " Vi brukade prata så när vi var unga, Sten och jag. Om döden som något som man skulle hantera som en part i en duell. Även om utgången var given kunde man trötta ut döden så att den bara hade krafter nog att utdela ett sista hugg. Det var så vi bestämde att döden skulle bli för oss båda, nåt man skulle klara av så "att det gick bra". "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

18 " He walked out and closed the door. Linda had the feeling that she was imprisoned, not with a lock and key, but by the imposed time limit. She decided to write down what she was going to say in a note-book, and pulled one across the table towards her. When she flipped it open she was confronted with a bad sketch of a seductively posed naked woman. To her surprise she saw it was Martinsson’s notepad. But why should that surprise me? she thought. All the men I know spend an enormous amount of mental energy undressing women in their minds. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

19 " Linda lui raconta tout. Il s'était appuyé contre le frigo, les bras croisés. Il est toujours dans cette position quand il écoute. Je m'en souviens depuis toujours. Un géant aux bras croisés qui se dressait devant moi et qui me regardait de tout là-haut. Je pensais que mon papa à moi était comme une montagne. Papa Montagne. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)

20 " Mais il ne l'a pas oubliée, il ne l'oubliera jamais, elle était le grand amour de sa vie. Et elle, maintenant, je la retrouve en train de se biturer en plein midi à poil dans sa cuisine. Elle aussi, elle erre dans ce brouillard morose, et moi je n'ai toujours pas réussi à m'en libérer, alors que je vais avoir bientôt trente ans. "

― Henning Mankell , Before the Frost (Linda Wallander #1)