Quotes of Fredrik Backman - somelinesforyou

“ To love someone is like moving into a house," Sonja used to say. "At first you fall in love in everything new, you wonder every morning that this is one's own, as if they are afraid that someone will suddenly come tumbling through the door and say that there has been a serious mistake and that it simply was not meant to would live so fine. But as the years go by, the facade worn, the wood cracks here and there, and you start to love this house not so much for all the ways it is perfect in that for all the ways it is not. You become familiar with all its nooks and crannies. How to avoid that the key gets stuck in the lock if it is cold outside. Which floorboards have some give when you step on them, and exactly how to open the doors for them not to creak. That's it, all the little secrets that make it your home. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ God created people, alright? Even if you don’t believe in God, just assume that God created people. Alright. And then the people created a bunch of stuff. Mostly, the stuff was crap. And God was all like, “Wait, what are you doing with all that crap?” And the people immediately got all defensive, like “What? Nothing. It’s our stuff. Why do you care?” And God was trying to be diplomatic and pointed and said, “Alright, but where are you going with that thing? It doesn’t look safe.” And the people rolled their eyes and said, “We’re going out. Who are you, the cops?” And God was all, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to, but are you really? That doesn’t look like such a good idea.” And the people were all, “Stop being so overprotective, we’re not children. You created us like fifteen minutes ago.” And God was all, “Fine. Fine. Alright. Alright.” And then the people took all their stuff, mostly crap into the world. And the world, a lot of bad stuff happened to it to be honest. And then God mumbled, “Told you.” But did the people then stop and say, “Oops. Our bad.” No. The people immediately turned to God and looked incredibly upset and cried, “Why didn’t you stop us? You could have stopped us. Now this is your fault!” Get it? Because that’s our nature, us humans. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ Something inside a man goes to pieces when he has to bury the only person who ever understood him. There is no time to heal that sort of wound. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life? ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ Just because you don’t like peanut butter doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t like . . . peanuts. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ A time like that comes for every man, when he choses what sort of man he wants to be. And if you don't know the story, you don't know the man. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ ...quando una persona ti regala un LIBRO (che forse hai già letto), davanti a lei devi fingere di non averlo letto, perchè il vero regalo è poter donare un'esperienza di lettura, non riceverla. ”

- Fredrik Backman

“ ...quando una persona ti regala un LIBRO (che forse hai già letto), davanti a lei devi fingere di non averlo letto, perchè il vero regalo è poter donare un'esperienza di lettura, non riceverla. ”

- Fredrik Backman
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