Beartown (Beartown, #1)

by Fredrik Backman

“Never trust people who don’t have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”

If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway. All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. Do good anyway.

“You never have the sort of friends you have when you’re fifteen ever again. Even if you keep them for the rest of your life, it’s never the same as it was then.”

“Talent is like letting two balloons up into the air: the most interesting thing isn’t watching which one climbs fastest, but which one has the longest string,”

Some people hide the fact that they smoke from their spouse. Peter hides his online shopping.

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“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”

Anxiety can act as internal gravity, shrinking the soul.

For the perpetrator, rape lasts just a matter of minutes. For the victim, it never stops.

There are thousands of ways to die in Beartown. Especially on the inside.