Poverty always looks the same, no matter where you come across it. The rich can always express their opulence by varying their lives. Different houses, clothes, cars. Or thoughts, dreams. But for the poor there is nothing but compulsory grayness,… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“If a policeman is serious about his profession but says he has time, he lies.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“There is a silence in empty houses that is unique... People have left and taken all the noise with them.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Working with keys is always meaningful. Locking and opening is, in a sense, man's very purpose on this earth.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“In the biological world children are the sole purpose. Nothing else matters.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
