Let the Right One In

by John Ajvide Lindqvist

No respect for beauty – that was characteristic of today’s society. The works of the great masters were at most employed as ironic references, or used in advertising.

Real love is to offer your life at the feet of another, and that’s what people today are incapable of.

There was a reason why she kept her relationships brief. Don’t let them in. Once they’re inside they have more potential to hurt you.

The person his dad became when he drank had no connection to the person he was when he was sober. And so it was comforting to think about Dad being a werewolf. That he in fact contained a whole other person in his body. Just as the moon brought out the wolf in a werewolf, so alcohol brought this creature out of his dad.

the large rooms and offices in some kind of administrative department in hell. So large. So quiet. So empty. The corpses are a picture of health by comparison.

For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli’s eyes. And what he saw was … himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love. For a few seconds.