Jonas Jonasson

“The weekly show View on Africa was what first gave her the insight that there was a world outside Soweto. It wasn’t…

— Jonas Jonasson

“And there Allan could see an opening. In a prison camp you couldn't just hang around, because if you did then the…

— Jonas Jonasson

“It was tough to think in new ways and equally tough to remember the old.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“Allan lurte på hva den lille mannen gjorde i luken hvis han ikke solgte billetter, men sa ingenting. Den lille mannen satt…

— Jonas Jonasson

“Allan woke up and wondered whether it wouldn't soon be time to go to bed.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“Stařík chtěl vodku s kolou. Při slavnostnějších příležitostech si místo toho dokázal představit vodku s vodkou.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“There are undoubtedly advantages to being dead, said Julius.”

— Jonas Jonasson

Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.

— Jonas Jonasson

“The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he…

— Jonas Jonasson

“In the end, they could think of no better solution than to put a bullet between his eyes, so they could go…

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“The engineer’s head was spinning. So he was supposed to receive a guest the president didn’t want to meet. He would tell…

— Jonas Jonasson

“Beer wasn't so bad; it mostly made him happy. Or semi-happy. Or, at least, not crazy.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“Those who only says what is the truth, they're not worth listening to.”

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“There are only two things I can do better than most people. One of them is to make vodka from goats’ milk,…

— Jonas Jonasson

“Hi Allan, it's Harry' 'Which Harry?' 'Truman, Allan. Harry S. Truman, the president, damn it!' 'How nice! That was a good meal…

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Imagine that, death was just like being asleep. Would he have time to think before it was all over? And would he…

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“Allan realised it was only a matter of time before he and Herbert were stopped along the road and checked out properly.…

— Jonas Jonasson

“But wait, how much do you have to think before you have finished thinking?”

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“Has Stalin understood correctly?’ asked Stalin. ‘You were on Franco’s side, you have fought against Comrade Mao, you have… saved the life…

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“The Korean Peninsula was kind of left over when the Second World War ended. Stalin and Truman each occupied a bit in…

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“The closer the trolley got to the local steel works, the more worried Julius got. He had thought they might pass a…

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Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and…

— Jonas Jonasson

“Je tak, jak je, a bude tak, jak bude.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“Allan didn't even know if the Prime Minister was Left or Right. He must certainly be one of them, because if there…

— Jonas Jonasson