Åsa Larsson

“How the hell is he supposed to sleep when his brain is running a nonstop festival of horror films. First”

— Åsa Larsson

The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper…

— Asa Larsson

“It’s the job, she thought. I work too hard. That’s why my thoughts go round and round at night, like a hamster…

— Åsa Larsson

It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.

— Asa Larsson

“sometimes think that if you recall a situation in which you were really depressed, you feel all the sorrow flooding back when…

— Åsa Larsson

“But I feel a sense of peace when I’m working. Happiness, almost. It’s when I’m not working I feel uneasy.”

— Åsa Larsson

I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me…

— Asa Larsson

I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you.

— Asa Larsson

Because you're a crime writer you're asked to have a point of view on a lot of things, and I'm uncomfortable having…

— Asa Larsson

“United we stand, divided we fall, as they say.”

— Åsa Larsson

“Listen, kid, you shouldn't work so bloody hard. Sometimes it's a goos idea just to let go and scream a bit." Let…

— Åsa Larsson

“Shake the tree. See what falls down.”

— Åsa Larsson

“Rebecka laughs through her tears. There is almost too much laughter. It bubbles over because she has cried so much she has…

— Åsa Larsson

The northern part of Sweden is considered more isolated, not so sociable, not so educated, more unemployment, very working-class, and people drink…

— Asa Larsson

“Magdalena doesn't ask what Rebecka is doing at the hospital. That's how Rebecka realizes that Magdalena knows. It's the things you don't…

— Åsa Larsson

“Spare me from ending up in a dayroom with worn-out, incontinent old folk. Spare”

— Åsa Larsson

“... it was as if she'd shut out the outside world. No, actually, thought Anna-Maria, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. She isn't shutting out…

— Åsa Larsson

“How can this dog be such an easy victim? A dog who was mistreated by her previous owner over and over again.…

— Åsa Larsson

“That's just the way it is. I'll always remember. She's forgotten.”

— Åsa Larsson

“the smile on his lips didn’t reach his eyes.”

— Åsa Larsson

“It’s when I feel . . . how shall I put it? . . . maybe open is the right word. A human being is something special. There’s…

— Åsa Larsson

“Don’t they say that all the people in your dreams are really yourself?”

— Åsa Larsson

“The members of the congregation looked as though they’d just dropped in for a rest on the way to the grave.”

— Åsa Larsson