A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say,”

For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by. And leave us there alone.

One of the most painful moments in a person’s life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead. And when time no longer lies ahead of one, other things have to be lived for.