The Return Quotes

“[Mahler:] I thought you were on sick leave for the rest of the month.

I am, said Van Veeteren. It's just that I find it hard to turn my back on things. And also to turn a blind eye.”
― Hakan Nesser, The Return

“Or so he understood it. If you have twelve treasured memories, his Uncle Arndt had once said as Münster sat on his knee, you will have led a happy life.”
― Håkan Nesser, The Return

“Isn't that what usually happens? You know who did it, but you have to work your butts off to the knowledge into proof.”
― Håkan Nesser, The Return