Things My Son Needs to Know about the World

by Fredrik Backman

And that, after a while, the contents of the trunk become meaningless in comparison to the contents of the passenger seat.

So find someone who doesn’t love you for the person you are, but despite the person you are.

In terms of brains, though, it’s harder to measure for sure. I mean, on the one hand she’s definitely smarter than I am, everyone knows that. But on the other hand: I got her to marry me. So I still feel like I have one up on her.

So… it’s not easy to teach you what a man is. It’s different things for different people. With different people.

I want you to always remember that you can become whatever you want to become, but that’s nowhere near as important as knowing that you can be exactly who you are.