The Snowman: A Harry Hole Novel

by Jo Nesbø

‘Because through creating life women have learned to subject themselves to nature, and that gives them a more profound insight into life than other women. And men.’ ‘Bullshit.’

‘The more aged I become, the more I tend to the view that evil is evil, mental illness or no. We’re all more or less disposed to evil actions, but our disposition cannot exonerate us. For heaven’s sake, we’re all sick with personality disorders. And it’s our actions which define how sick we are. We’re equal before the law, we say, but it’s meaningless as long as no one is equal.

‘Sister, what is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die?’