Katra

“What an uncomfortable, terrible source of shame it is for the world that the victim is so often the one left with the most empathy for others.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“He will never be able to explain how he dares to do this, but perhaps you get tired of being frightened if you've been frightened long enough.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“That most people don’t do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Adri has seen war, she’s seen suffering, but you never get used to it. You never know what to say to a four-year-old who hurts and thinks that’s normal, because life has never shown her anything else.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown