Quicksand Quote by Henning Mankell Download Open image ““It is so incredibly easy to take risks with the lives of other people.”” — Henning Mankell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Quicksand
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We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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The secret of the illusoriness is in the necessity of a succession of moods or objects. Gladly we would anchor, but the anchorageis quicksand. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
