Passagier 23 Quotes

“Manchmal war sie sich nicht sicher, wer die größere Macke hatte: der Autor, der sich diesen kranken Mist ausdachte, oder sie, die sie sogar Geld dafür bezahlte, um es sich mit Axtmördern und Psychopathen am Pool gemütlich machen zu können.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Das ist das Problem mit Wünschen, Herr Schwartz. Nur die falschen gehen sofort in Erfüllung.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Bei der Beerdigung ihrer Mutter hatte der Pfaffer gesagt, die Eltern würden erst dann sterben, wenn die Kinder nicht mehr an sie dachten. Er vergaß den umgekehrten Fall zu erwähnen, in dem die Eltern innerlich starben, wenn ihnen nichts weiter als der Gedanke an ihre Kinder blieb.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Ich geh mir mal ein Stück Dreck aus dem Rücken drücken." - Gerlinde”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“How can I put it poetically? Time is the life jacket of truth; it always brings it to the surface”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Manchmal blubbert es, und du denkst, gleich machst du dir in den Schlüpper, doch dann ist es nur Aftersausen?“ - Gerlinde”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Elle était si proche de lui qu'il distinguait les pores de sa peau. Contrairement à lui, elle attachait une grande importance à son hygiène corporelle. Le dernier peeling de Martin remontait à un an, quand deux Solvènes l'avaient traîné sur l'asphalte d'une aire d'autoroute en lui plaquant la figure contre le sol.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“There was one irrevocable truth in their business: for people to become invisible, they had to break permanently with their old habits. A gambler must never be seen in a casino again, a musician must never pick up a guitar and a sportsman never run again”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“But let me say this again: I'm not mad. Killing is my job. Not my calling”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Just as the battered wife stops the police from arresting the husband who beats her, Timmy's love for his mother and fear of losing her was much greater and stronger than his fear of further abuse”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Despite the imminence of her death and even though she had no idea how it would happen, she no longer felt afraid. This must be what Catholics understand by the purifying power of confession. Deep down inside her, in the shadowy world of her consciousness, she'd always sensed that her life would come to a terrible end. It must do, if an entity existed that ensured justice was done”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Martin wished he had less experience, hadn't looked into so many empty faces to know first hand that there was no scalpel or chemotherapy in the entire world able to completely remove the cancer-like tumour that had established itself in this girl's soul after the hell she'd been through. In such cases psychologists and doctors were like engineers in Chernobyl or Fukushima. They could never get rid of the problem altogether, merely mitigate the consequences of the catastrophe”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23

“Prison was better organised than a supermarket, with a larger selection of items and more customer-friendly opening hours. Including Sundays and public holidays”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Passagier 23