--- title: "2 Beneath the surface Quotes By Fredrik Backman" description: "2 Beneath the surface quotes by Fredrik Backman. Plus more from Fredrik Backman and more Beneath the surface sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-abo_434919.jpg" --- > [“I, who had wanted to live a life high above everyone else, ended up with a son who would rather live deep beneath the surface.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-above-everyone-else-ended-up/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-abo_434919.jpg) > [“They hated it when people spoke of “the condition,” because conditions are untouchable. They wanted to have a face, a perpetrator. They needed someone to drown under the weight of all the guilt, because otherwise they themselves would be dragged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/they-hated-it-when-people-spoke-of-the-condition-because-conditions/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_they-hated-it-when-people-spoke-of-the-c_1257366.jpg) ## Other authors on Beneath the surface - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath-the-surface/oscar-wilde/) ## More by Fredrik Backman > [“So she bowed her head and devoted herself to Beartown’s real traditional sports: shame and silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/so-she-bowed-her-head-and-devoted-herself-to-beartown-s-real/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“If Peter has learned one thing about human nature during all his years in hockey, it’s that almost everyone regards themselves as a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/if-peter-has-learned-one-thing-about-human-nature-during-all-his/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the child. It’s too painful to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we-persuade-ourselves-we-re/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Uve je dobro znao da njeni prijatelji nisu shvatali zbog čega se onda svakog jutra budila sa odlukom da provede dan sa njim. Nije…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/uve-je-dobro-znao-da-njeni-prijatelji-nisu-shvatali-zbog-ega-se-onda/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Somebody has one of the worst hairstyles Britt-Marie has ever laid eyes on, as if she’s combed her hair with a terrified animal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/somebody-has-one-of-the-worst-hairstyles-britt-marie-has-ever-laid/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Hate can be a deeply stimulating emotion. The world becomes easier to understand and much less terrifying if you divide everything and everyone into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/hate-can-be-a-deeply-stimulating-emotion-the-world-becomes-easier-to/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Another morning comes. It always does. Time always moves at the same rate, only feelings have different speeds. Every day can mark a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/another-morning-comes-it-always-does-time-always-moves-at-the-same/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“The girl glances at the surface of the desk, which looks as if toddlers have been trying to eat potatoes off it. With pitchforks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/the-girl-glances-at-the-surface-of-the-desk-which-looks-as-if/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Mnogim ljudima je teško da žive sa nekim ko ceni samoću. To neprijatno žulja one koji nisu i sami takvi.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/mnogim-ljudima-je-te-ko-da-ive-sa-nekim-ko-ceni-samo-u-to-neprijatno/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“But his taste buds are as dysfunctional as the volume control on his voice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/but-his-taste-buds-are-as-dysfunctional-as-the-volume-control-on-his/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Throughout their childhood Maya loved her best friend because she wasn’t like any other girl she had met, but life as a teenager seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/throughout-their-childhood-maya-loved-her-best-friend-because-she/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“For more than half a century they belonged to one another. She detested the same characteristics in him that last day as she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/for-more-than-half-a-century-they-belonged-to-one-another-she/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“His heart is too big.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/his-heart-is-too-big/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“Back in the days when there were still things to boast about, the city council erected a sign beside the road at the entrance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/back-in-the-days-when-there-were-still-things-to-boast-about-the-city/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) > [“And after all those hours in the locker room, all those nights on the team bus, all the conversations and all the jokes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/and-after-all-those-hours-in-the-locker-room-all-those-nights-on-the/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beneath-the-surface/fredrik-backman/#itemlist", "name": "2 Beneath the surface Quotes By Fredrik Backman", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I, who had wanted to live a life high above everyone else, ended up with a son who would rather live deep beneath the surface.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fredrik Backman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-above-everyone-else-ended-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-abo_434919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-abo_434919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/fredrik-backman-857_beneath-the-surface_i-who-had-wanted-to-live-a-life-high-abo_434919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I, who had wanted to live a life high above everyone else, ended up with a son who would rather live deep…” — Fredrik Backman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They hated it when people spoke of “the condition,” because conditions are untouchable. 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