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> [“Words and form! We have a totally clear view of the world when we're fourteen years old, maybe sooner. But then we need another fifty years in order to create a language that can express those impressions. And in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/words-and-form-we-have-a-totally-clear-view-of-the-world-when-we-re/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

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## More by Håkan Nesser

> [“The dead are older than the living, he thought. Irrespective of how old they were when they passed over to the other side, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/the-dead-are-older-than-the-living-he-thought-irrespective-of-how-old/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“..chaos is the neighbour of God: but everything's usually neat and tidy in hell...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/chaos-is-the-neighbour-of-god-but-everything-s-usually-neat-and-tidy/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“Words and form! We have a totally clear view of the world when we're fourteen years old, maybe sooner. But then we need another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/words-and-form-we-have-a-totally-clear-view-of-the-world-when-we-re/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“A crime is born in the gap between the morality of society and that of the individual.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/a-crime-is-born-in-the-gap-between-the-morality-of-society-and-that/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/we-are-closer-to-the-end-of-the-world-than-to-that-minute-that-has/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl. Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered. Take your time. Then imagine God. M. Barin, poet”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/imagine-a-twelve-year-old-girl-imagine-her-being-attacked-raped-and/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“He's not so thick, said Reinhart. It's mainly a question of tempo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/he-s-not-so-thick-said-reinhart-it-s-mainly-a-question-of-tempo/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“Everybody must have a story. For those who don't, we need to invent one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/everybody-must-have-a-story-for-those-who-don-t-we-need-to-invent-one/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“It's not easy being human. Especially when you are tired and overworked all the time... That's when you become inhuman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/it-s-not-easy-being-human-especially-when-you-are-tired-and/)

[Hakan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“You will find out who you are when the difficult moment comes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/you-will-find-out-who-you-are-when-the-difficult-moment-comes/)

[Hakan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“The ritual works. The forms overcome doubts. We have learned over the centuries to weave meaning around emptiness and pain. A meaning and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/the-ritual-works-the-forms-overcome-doubts-we-have-learned-over-the/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“There are reasons for everything we do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/there-are-reasons-for-everything-we-do/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

> [“The living must look after one another, he thought. The worst possible outcome is to die without having lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-kan-nesser/the-living-must-look-after-one-another-he-thought-the-worst-possible/)

[Håkan Nesser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-kan-nesser/)

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