The Deal of a Lifetime

by Fredrik Backman

Every parent will take five minutes in the car outside the house from time to time, just sitting there. Just breathing and gathering the strength to head back inside to all of their responsibilities. The suffocating expectation of being good, coping.

The only thing of value on Earth is time. One second will always be a second, there’s no negotiating with that.”

You were always someone who could be happy. You don’t know how much of a blessing that is.

You humans always think you’re ready to give your lives, but only until you understand what that really involves. You’re obsessed with your legacy, aren’t you? You can’t bear to die and be forgotten.”