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[23] "People always think real estate agents just want to sell, sell, sell, but there’s something… I don’t quite know how to say it…”
“There’s something romantic about the thought of all the apartments that aren’t for sale.”
[24] it's not everyday that i get amazed due to brilliant writing especially in contemporary novels, but damn Backman did that.

i LEGIT THOUGHT I HAD COVID BC OF THE FEVER but i'm alive y'all i—

[21] "He said that even if he knew that the world was going to hell tomorrow, he’d plant an apple tree today." okay Martin Luther reference, i see u
[22] this book reminded me why I do my best to be patient and not quickly DNF books (not that this book or DNFing is bad) because things make much more sense if you get to know the full story. well, unless the book is despicable enough HAHAHA.

[19] "The hardest thing about death is the grammar, the tense, the fact that she won’t be angry when she sees that he’s bought a new sofa without consulting her first. She won’t be anything. She isn’t on her way home. She was."
[20] one moment i was crying bc of so much laughter but now, this became so heartwarming i just—

[16] "[Y]ou end up marrying the one you don’t understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying."
[17] "'To die will be an awfully big adventure.' Maybe for the person doing it but not for the one who was left behind."
[18] "That’s the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people’s."

[14] “One of the most human things about anxiety is that we try to cure chaos with chaos. Someone who has got themselves into a catastrophic situation rarely retreats from it, we’re far more inclined to carry on even faster." fuck this hit so hard :'(
[15] "[T]he people we argue with hardest of all are not the ones who are completely different from us, but the ones who are almost no different at all."

[9] what the fuck is happening? HAHAHA idek where that came from istg.
[10] “You love each other until you can’t live without each other. And even if you stop loving each other for a little while, you can’t… you can’t live without each other.”
[11] “You don’t fall in love with a gender, Anna-Lena. You fall in love with an idiot.” pREACH MA'AM HAHAHA

[7] "The problem is that everything is relative, happiness is based on expectations, and we have the Internet now. A whole world constantly asking us: ‘But is your life as perfect as this? Well? How about now? If it isn’t, change it!’"
[8] "'Love one another until death do us part.' Isn’t that what we promised each other? Or am I remembering wrong? 'Or at least until one of us gets bored.' Maybe that was it?" HAHAHAH

[5] "Because the terrible thing about becoming an adult is being forced to realize that absolutely nobody cares about us, we have to deal with everything ourselves now, find out how the whole world works." *sad young adult noises*
[6] at first i was confused because how can something written so humorously give you the feels? but now, i can see how, and that imho is what makes Backman so special.

[3] “Do you know what the worst thing about being a parent is? That you’re always judged by your worst moments. Parents are defined by their mistakes.” damn, i feel so guilty being a spoiled kid :(
[4] “‘Give me 6,500 kronor.’ Who the hell would rob a BANK for six and a half thousand? If all you want is six thousand five hundred exactly, there must be some very special reason, mustn’t there?” i'M DECEASED but oh wow.

[1] i really felt it when Backman said, "This book is dedicated to the voices in my head, the most remarkable of my friends." this is from the DEDICATION page and i already have the feels. yes friends, the dedication page!
[2] "In truth, we know as much about sex as we do about USB leads, and it always takes us four tries to get those little buggers in. (Wrong way round, wrong way round ... there! In!)" bro i—