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> [“You never want to get away from home as much as you do when you're fifteen years old. It's like her mom usually says when the cold and darkness have worn away at her patience and she's had three or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/you-never-want-to-get-away-from-home-as-much-as-you-do-when-you-re/)

[Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/)

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## 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/)

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