Barn av sin stad Quotes

“Men en dag, en fruktansvärd och lycklig dag, skulle hon inte behöva orka mer, då skulle Olof också kunna klara sig. Då skulle hon ha rätt att vara trött, ha rätt att dö. Den dagen. Måtte den komma snart, måtte den aldrig komma.”
― Per Anders Fogelström, Barn av sin stad

“Everything had been beaten down to stone, filled with life vet still so dead.”
― Per Anders Fogelström, Stockholm 2: Children of Their City

“The workers' newspapers printed statistics that claimed the average life span of a priest was sixty-seven, of a factory worker thirty-two.
Soon, very soon, something had to happen.”
― Per Anders Fogelström, Stockholm 2: Children of Their City

“The poor didn't drink because they had time and could afford it. They drank because they didn't
have the strength for anything else. What they most lacked was strength. To have strength you had to have hope, but how many had that?”
― Per Anders Fogelström, Stockholm 2: Children of Their City