You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Trusting what a person says is always a risk. The truth is always provisional, while lies are often solid.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“The truth is never simple. It’s only in the Western world that you think knowledge is something you can acquire quickly and… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Among all the nonsense, mistakes, and bad ideas we come up with, maybe some truth will sneak in.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“in a rash moment he decided to lie his way to the truth. If he wasn't mistaken, Ellen Magnusson had had very… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Letters...People do not write the truth; they write the things that, they believe, you would like to read.” — 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
