The Ice Beneath Her Quotes

“There’s something liberating about the world of numbers. There is no gray area, no subjectivity, no room for interpretation; either you calculated right or you calculated wrong. I wish the rest of life were that simple. For”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“No one who is seriously ill should ever give up hope; it’s an unforgivable betrayal of your family and doctors.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“All this unconditional canine love, I think. What have I done to deserve it? And why does human love always require us to submit and adapt? Why can’t we just love each other without needing to own each other?”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“As usual, I feel a kind of sadness, but also a fascination with the irrepressible urge of human beings to kill each other.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“On ne se rend compte de la valeur de ce qu'on possède qu'une fois qu'on l'a perdu.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Être aimée. Être désirée. Comme les pâtisseries aux framboises dans la vitrine de la boulangerie.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Il ne fait aucun doute que l'homme est l'animal le plus dangereux de la planète. Nous chassons et tuons continuellement, non seulement les individus des autres espèces, mais aussi de la nôtre.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Différent ne veut pas dire moins bien. Différent peut vouloir dire meilleur.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“La vie est étrange. Et elle n'en devient pas moins étrange à mesure qu'on prend de l'âge. On s'habitue aux bizarreries, on apprend à les accepter.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“L'amour et la beauté sont passagers. La merde, elle, est éternelle.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Les gens font des choix mystérieux et c'est impossible de pleinement comprendre une autre personne. Parfois, il faut se contenter de l'accepter.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Life is about loss, my mother used to say when she stood smoking under the fan. Loss of the innocence we’re all born with, of the people we love, of our health and our physical abilities, and ultimately—of course—the loss of our own lives. As usual, she was right. —”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“You could kill yourself, or you could have a beer. And when the choice was between the bridge or the pub, I always chose the pub. —”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Hope is just an overrated life raft that sick people are expected to cling to with a brave and grateful smile. Letting go is apparently not only foolhardy, but disloyal.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Where does the human urge to tame the world come from? This urge is by no means limited to nature—we humans want to rule over each other as well, both in our societies and in our close relationships.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“To live for only one thing means you no longer have to make decisions—the road ahead is already mapped out. I”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Only weak people stay in bad relationships.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“If this is a play, carefully directed by him, then does he know I'm here? Has he already thought out his next step? Will I find the truth if I follow him, or just what he wants to show me?”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“On peut aller se suicider, mais on peut aussi aller prendre une bière. Et moi, entre le pont Västerbron et le bar, je choisis toujours le bar.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Je me réveille vers sept heures. Tout ce que j'entends, dans le noir, est la respiration régulière de Hanne et le bourdonnement du radiateur près du lit. Avec une précaution infinie, je me blottis au plus près d'elle, jusqu'à ce que mon corps effleure sa peau et que je sente sa chaleur irradier la mienne. Je pose ma main sur sa hanche saillante et inspire son parfum de cannelle mêlée de sueur. Cet instant est si parfait, si précieux. Pur comme de l'eau de source, ou comme l'air froid des falaises du bord de mer après une grosse averse.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Life is about loss, my mother used to say when she stood smoking under the fan. Loss of the innocence we’re all born with, of the people we love, of our health and our physical abilities, and ultimately—of course—the loss of our own lives.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her

“Hope is just an overrated life raft that sick people are expected to cling to with a brave and grateful smile.”
― Camilla Grebe, The Ice Beneath Her