“off that for a long time. I was an alcoholic before I was thirty. Perhaps before I was twenty, it depends on… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Harry shrugged. “I think it’s possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Because the thought that we weren’t happy at least for some time during our lives is unbearable. Adults” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“...'I've never told you this, but when you were in your teens one of your teachers called us. He said you'd been… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“I think it's possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you've realized… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Many people believe that right and wrong are fixed absolutes. That is incorrect, they change over time. The job of the historian… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“And what’s your unhappiness due to, Harry? The words came out before he had time to think. “Loving someone who loves me.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately we live in a country that is so rich at the moment that the politicians compete with each other to be… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“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… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“The great thing about facts is that you don't have to ponder whether they're desirable or not.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“He who is destined for the gallows will not drown, as we say in Norwegian,” Harry said. “What?” “I agree.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“He sensed her aroma and greedily breathed in the fragrance. He must not let himself be duped. Those cunning bastards at Karl Lagerfeld and… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“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.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“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… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Man's ability to think rationally when self-interest was at stake was inversely proportional to intelligence. - Aune” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“A sudden, uncontrollable fury rose in him, and he cast around for something to smash. He snatched the whiskey bottle from the table and… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Norwegians were not exactly what you might call a cultured people - Nikolai Loeb” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
