Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them,… — 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… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Each person searches for the most beautiful jump which will be the final before leaving this world. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no… — 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
