“Heredity. It’s like going to a fortune-teller and regretting it. As human beings, we tend not to like things we can’t avoid.… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Physical pain is not the worst thing a human has to deal with,” Altman said. “Believe me, I see it every day.… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“That's what's so paradoxical. First of all, they take our people's pride, and when it's gone they're scared to death of treading… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Such is the end of the evil-doer: the death of a sinner always reflects his life.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“That everything apart from death, everything he preached about, was nothing but a defence people had created against their fear of death.… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Love is a greater mystery than death. And you have to watch out for snakes.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“no one is as they seem, and most of life, apart from honest betrayal, is lies and deceit. And the day we… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“It’s strange, but when your father has gone you suddenly discover that the choices you have made were as much for him as for… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“The great thing about facts is that you don't have to ponder whether they're desirable or not.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“He who is destined for the gallows will not drown, as we say in Norwegian,” Harry said. “What?” “I agree.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“He sensed her aroma and greedily breathed in the fragrance. He must not let himself be duped. Those cunning bastards at Karl Lagerfeld and… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“That morality—which some people imagine is God-given and eternal—is as malleable and learned as our ideas of beauty, our enemies, our fashion trends.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“I just know that when I’m walking on the wafer-thin ice of happiness, I’m terrified, so terrified that I wish it was over, that… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Man's ability to think rationally when self-interest was at stake was inversely proportional to intelligence. - Aune” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“A sudden, uncontrollable fury rose in him, and he cast around for something to smash. He snatched the whiskey bottle from the table and… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Norwegians were not exactly what you might call a cultured people - Nikolai Loeb” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image