“It is so incredibly easy to take risks with the lives of other people.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Facing up to cancer is a battle conducted on many fronts. The important thing is not to waste too much strength fighting… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Even a short-lived visit to the bottom level of society means that one is faced with one of the most important decisions… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“I admit that I have been surprised during recent times. People I thought might well flee into the shadows have proved to… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“When I picked up a book that I had read many times before, the words opened themselves up again. What I was… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“I learnt the most important thing you have to know: how to look after yourself. To stand by your own decisions. I… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“The choices a human being has to make also involve deciding where one stands in an unjust society: we are all political… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Endless numbers of people surround you as you travel through life. Some you notice briefly, then forget. With others you make eye… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Just as everything in my life has changed, every new morning brings with it a fresh challenge. I have to think about… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“In my life I have met people who have committed horrendous and barbaric acts. I have met child soldiers who have murdered… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“If a policeman is serious about his profession but says he has time, he lies.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“There is a silence in empty houses that is unique... People have left and taken all the noise with them.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“The experience he'd gained during his years in the police force had given him this unambiguous answer: there are no murderers. Only ordinary people… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“This is what Sweden is - quiet people leaning over the newspapers and coffee cups, each one with his own thoughts and destiny.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“Working with keys is always meaningful. Locking and opening is, in a sense, man's very purpose on this earth.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“La plupart des voyages dont on rêve n'ont jamais lieu. Ou alors on les accomplit intérieurement. L'avantage, quand on emprunte ces vols intérieurs, c'est… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“Your memories will be a flock of birds, silently flying in the sky. You will see them flying in and see them flying away.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“In the biological world children are the sole purpose. Nothing else matters.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
