“Maybe their sorrow . . . should have brought the two men closer, but sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don't share it, there's a good chance it will drive them apart instead.” CompanySadnessSorrowMisery Author:Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove
“Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it does not exist and yet it's often one of the great motivations for living. Some of us in time become so conscious of it that we live harder, more obstinately, with more fury. Some need its constant presence to even be aware of its antithesis. Others become so preoccupied with it that they go into the waiting room long before it has announced its arrival. We fear it, yet most of us fear more than anything that it may take someone other than ourselves. For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by and leave us there alone.” DeathFearLiving Author:Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove
“Loving someone is like moving into a house. At first you fall in love with all the new things, amazed every morning that all this belongs to you, as if fearing that someone would suddenly come in rushing through the door to explain that a terrible mistake has been made-- you weren't actually supposed to live in a wonderful place like this. Then, over the years the walls become weathered, the wood splinters here and there. And you start to love that house, not so much because of all its perfection, but rather for its imperfections.” LoveHomeHouse Author:Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove
“It was as if he didn't want other people to talk to him. He was afraid that their chattering voices would drown out the memory of her voice.” LoveLossGriefMemoryVoices Author:Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove
“Every human being needs to know what she's fighting for, that was what they said. And she fought for what was good, for the children she never had. And Ove fought for her, because that was the only thing in this world he really knew.” LoveChildrenFighting For Author:Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove