“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“We want to be loved,’ ” quotes Britt-Marie. “ ‘Failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. The soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact.’ ”
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
“Беше ѝ направил библиотека и тя я напълни с книгите на хора, които бяха изписали страница след страница за чувствата си. Уве разбираше нещата, които можеше да види и докосне. Цимент и бетон. Стъкло и стомана. Инструменти. Все неща, които са ти ясни. Разбираше от прави ъгли и брошури с ясни инструкции. От сглобяеми макети и чертежи. От неща, които можеше да нарисува на хартия.
Той бе от хората, които бяха наясно с всичко, което е черно на бяло.
А тя беше неговият цвят. Тя беше всичкият цвят, от който той имаше нужда.”
― A Man Called Ove
Той бе от хората, които бяха наясно с всичко, което е черно на бяло.
А тя беше неговият цвят. Тя беше всичкият цвят, от който той имаше нужда.”
― A Man Called Ove
“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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