The Colony Quotes

“Before things have happened, it always feels impossible that they would. If you had seen from the beginning which way things would go, you would have pumped the brakes from the start. But one day turns into the next and, without much thought, it becomes a life.”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“You imagine that people look at you, searching for your shortcomings. “She didn’t wash her hair today.” “She really knows nothing about Foucault.” That’s what you imagine they are thinking, because that’s what you think about others. You”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“She looked at him”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“When”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“in hindsight”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“And the anxiety is there”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“everyone has a clear role: workers, soldiers, drones, and queens. The workers and soldiers are females, said Sagne.
And the queen mates with the drones.
Everyone has a task for the community, said Sagne.
Everyone is needed.
No one has to know everything”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“But the weather - much like humans - simply is, and it's best not to go against it. Those who greet the weather with acceptance are spared a lot of grief.”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony

“Sagne was in the far north, in Padjelanta National Park.”
― Annika Norlin, The Colony