--- title: "1 Strong Social Quotes By Jo Nesbø" description: "1 Strong Social quotes by Jo Nesbø. Plus more from Jo Nesbø and more Strong Social sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg" --- > [“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-be-needed/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg) ## More by Jo Nesbø > [“You are as old as you feel. So I reckon I'm about sixty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/you-are-as-old-as-you-feel-so-i-reckon-i-m-about-sixty/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/it-s-strange-but-when-your-father-has-gone-you-suddenly-discover-that/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“The great thing about facts is that you don't have to ponder whether they're desirable or not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/the-great-thing-about-facts-is-that-you-don-t-have-to-ponder-whether/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“He who is destined for the gallows will not drown, as we say in Norwegian,” Harry said. “What?” “I agree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/he-who-is-destined-for-the-gallows-will-not-drown-as-we-say-in/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“He sensed her aroma and greedily breathed in the fragrance. He must not let himself be duped. Those cunning bastards at Karl Lagerfeld and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/he-sensed-her-aroma-and-greedily-breathed-in-the-fragrance-he-must/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/that-morality-which-some-people-imagine-is-god-given-and-eternal-is/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“He who is destined for the gallows will not drown,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/he-who-is-destined-for-the-gallows-will-not-drown/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/i-just-know-that-when-i-m-walking-on-the-wafer-thin-ice-of-happiness/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/longevity-bestowed-respect-even-upon-a-whorehouse-madam-if-she-kept/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“Man's ability to think rationally when self-interest was at stake was inversely proportional to intelligence. - Aune”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/man-s-ability-to-think-rationally-when-self-interest-was-at-stake-was/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“A sudden, uncontrollable fury rose in him, and he cast around for something to smash. He snatched the whiskey bottle from the table and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/a-sudden-uncontrollable-fury-rose-in-him-and-he-cast-around-for/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“Norwegians were not exactly what you might call a cultured people - Nikolai Loeb”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/norwegians-were-not-exactly-what-you-might-call-a-cultured-people/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“I shut my eyes and concentrated on the sun, and on feeling it warm my skin. On pleasure. Hedon. The Greek god. Or idol,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/i-shut-my-eyes-and-concentrated-on-the-sun-and-on-feeling-it-warm-my/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“My honesty now is merely a long-term investment in my own plausibility. Because there may come a day when I really need to lie,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/my-honesty-now-is-merely-a-long-term-investment-in-my-own/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) > [“The social space between people who don’t know each other is from one to three and a half metres. That’s the distance you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/the-social-space-between-people-who-don-t-know-each-other-is-from-one/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong-social/jo-nesb/#itemlist", "name": "1 Strong Social Quotes By Jo Nesbø", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jo Nesbø" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-be-needed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,” — Jo Nesbø", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong-social/jo-nesb/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong-social/jo-nesb/", "name": "Strong Social Quotes by Jo Nesbø", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong-social/jo-nesb/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg" }, "description": "1 Strong Social quotes by Jo Nesbø. 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