Quote by Fredrik Backman

“So she bowed her head and devoted herself to Beartown’s real traditional sports: shame and silence.”

— Fredrik Backman

“If Peter has learned one thing about human nature during all his years in hockey, it’s that almost everyone regards themselves as a good…

— Fredrik Backman

“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the child. It’s too painful to us…

— Fredrik Backman

“Uve je dobro znao da njeni prijatelji nisu shvatali zbog čega se onda svakog jutra budila sa odlukom da provede dan sa njim. Nije…

— Fredrik Backman

“Somebody has one of the worst hairstyles Britt-Marie has ever laid eyes on, as if she’s combed her hair with a terrified animal.”

— Fredrik Backman

“Hate can be a deeply stimulating emotion. The world becomes easier to understand and much less terrifying if you divide everything and everyone into…

— Fredrik Backman

“Another morning comes. It always does. Time always moves at the same rate, only feelings have different speeds. Every day can mark a whole…

— Fredrik Backman

“The girl glances at the surface of the desk, which looks as if toddlers have been trying to eat potatoes off it. With pitchforks.…

— Fredrik Backman

“Mnogim ljudima je teško da žive sa nekim ko ceni samoću. To neprijatno žulja one koji nisu i sami takvi.”

— Fredrik Backman

“But his taste buds are as dysfunctional as the volume control on his voice.”

— Fredrik Backman

“Throughout their childhood Maya loved her best friend because she wasn’t like any other girl she had met, but life as a teenager seems…

— Fredrik Backman

“For more than half a century they belonged to one another. She detested the same characteristics in him that last day as she had…

— Fredrik Backman