Europa Blues Quotes

“A screen of some kind had appeared between people, and they had started regarding one another as objects. Investment objects. What kind of return will my conversation with this person bring me?”
― Arne Dahl, Europa Blues

“There was no world outside of economics. And without that free zone, the coast was clear to treat people however you wanted. The number of people without a conscience was growing and growing.”
― Arne Dahl, Europa Blues

“in order for money to make money, it needed to be big money. But, of course, ordinary people didn’t have big money.”
― Arne Dahl, Europa Blues

“It was money that earned money now, not work, and that money had to have originally come from somewhere.”
― Arne Dahl, Europa Blues

“The market was king, that much was clear. Share worth had replaced human worth. And it wasn’t so much a question of what that meant for the present day, since that was quite obvious: economic redistribution from the poor to the rich.”
― Arne Dahl, Europa Blues