Håkan Nesser

“The dead are older than the living, he thought. Irrespective of how old they were when they passed over to the other…

— Håkan Nesser

“..chaos is the neighbour of God: but everything's usually neat and tidy in hell...”

— Håkan Nesser

“Words and form! We have a totally clear view of the world when we're fourteen years old, maybe sooner. But then we…

— Håkan Nesser

“A crime is born in the gap between the morality of society and that of the individual.”

— Håkan Nesser

“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost…

— Håkan Nesser

“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl. Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered. Take your time. Then imagine God. M. Barin, poet”

— Håkan Nesser

“He's not so thick, said Reinhart. It's mainly a question of tempo.”

— Håkan Nesser

“Everybody must have a story. For those who don't, we need to invent one.”

— Håkan Nesser

“It's not easy being human. Especially when you are tired and overworked all the time... That's when you become inhuman.”

— Hakan Nesser

“You will find out who you are when the difficult moment comes.”

— Hakan Nesser

“The ritual works. The forms overcome doubts. We have learned over the centuries to weave meaning around emptiness and pain. A meaning…

— Håkan Nesser

“There are reasons for everything we do.”

— Håkan Nesser

“The living must look after one another, he thought. The worst possible outcome is to die without having lived.”

— Håkan Nesser