I Am Behind You Quotes

“Nothing. Apart from the people. And each person is a world within himself.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, I Am Behind You

“When there is emptiness all around us, and everything else has fallen away, it boils down to this and this alone: I have a life and you have a life, however different they may be. The question is: who has the power?”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Himmelstrand

“His thoughts refuse to grow, because they have nowhere to take root.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Himmelstrand

“Without our flaws we would be like a well-oiled machine, and our actions and thoughts could be predicted through simulation, if we only had sufficient processing power. That will never happen. Our flaws are a variable outside the scope of such a calculation, and they drive us to great achievements or to utterly despicable deeds.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Himmelstrand

“-searching for someone or something to free her from the feeling that her skin was a barrier against all living things.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, I Am Behind You

“Hence the fear. Because the sun, like the moon, provides us with company. In our deepest loneliness, night or day, we can always turn to them. We have given them faces, ascribed them qualities, called them gods. This is unnecessary. Their silent, impersonal presence is enough. They shine with a power beyond us, confirming that something else exists. That we are not alone.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, I Am Behind You