“Priests and politicians were equally bad, Allan thought, and it didn’t make the slightest difference if they were communists, fascists, capitalists or… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Two weeks later, they were married, after Herbert had converted to … some religion the name of which he had forgotten. But… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan had always reasoned about religion that if you couldn't know for sure then there was no point in going around guessing.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The weekly show View on Africa was what first gave her the insight that there was a world outside Soweto. It wasn’t necessarily more… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“And there Allan could see an opening. In a prison camp you couldn't just hang around, because if you did then the guards would… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“It was tough to think in new ways and equally tough to remember the old.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan lurte på hva den lille mannen gjorde i luken hvis han ikke solgte billetter, men sa ingenting. Den lille mannen satt jo kanskje… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Allan woke up and wondered whether it wouldn't soon be time to go to bed.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“Stařík chtěl vodku s kolou. Při slavnostnějších příležitostech si místo toho dokázal představit vodku s vodkou.” — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“In the end, they could think of no better solution than to put a bullet between his eyes, so they could go about their… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
“The engineer’s head was spinning. So he was supposed to receive a guest the president didn’t want to meet. He would tell the guest… — Jonas Jonasson Copy Share Image
