"It was as if she lived only on……" — John Ajvide Lindqvist
"It was as if she lived only on clear, salty air, and when the day came for her to pass away, she would probably do exactly that. Just take a step to one side. Dissolve into a north-westerly wind as it whirled around the lighthouse at North Point, then out across the sea."
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John Ajvide Lindqvist
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16 Quotes by John Ajvide Lindqvist
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That's how things are these days: everything must move aside to make room for the new, all the time.
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Real love is to offer your life at the feet of another.
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Are you OLD?" "No. I'm only twelve. But I've been that for a long time.
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For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger…
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A new life? There’s not such thing. It was only in the magazine headlines that people got a new life.…
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They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?' Oskar didn't…
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But then, it's probably different when you're young.
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This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had…
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Keep your relationships brief. Don’t let them in. Once they’re inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself.…
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He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that…
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-there was something in her, something that was...pure horror. Everything you were supposed to watch out for. Heights, fire, shards…
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What he was scared of was not that maybe she was a creature who survived by drinking other people's blood.…
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