“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Всичко за жената е болка. Да бъдеш жена, това значи да бъдеш жива болка. Когато ставаш девойка, боли. Когато се срещаш за първи път с любовта и ставаш жена, боли. Когато ставаш майка, боли. А най-непоносимата болка е никога да не усетиш и да не познаеш докрай всички тия болки. И аз се радвах на болката, защото чрез нея се осъществявах.”
― Пътуване към себе си
― Пътуване към себе си
“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
“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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