I'm a religious man, he said. I don't believe in a particularGod, but even so one can have a faith, something beyondthe limits of rationality. Marxism has a large element ofbuilt-in faith, although it...
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.
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I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 18...
Siempre hemos vivido para crear buenos recuerdos, no para olvidar. Toda cultura se basa en la conservación y la búsqueda de recuerdos del pasado y, al mismo tiempo, en la creación de nuevos recuerdos....
On the one hand, everything is connected, on the other hand, it is not.
Many years ago Wallander had learned that one of the manifold virtues a police officer must possess is the ability to be patient with himself.
Life tosses us all hither and thither. Is there anything we can truly decide for ourselves?
La barbarie ha sempre dei connotati umani, pensò. È questo che rende la barbarie così disumana. L'aveva letto da qualche parte.
It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a skylike that, I wish I could write music
I used to go to work every day. Now I climb the walls.
I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight. Because that's when the forces of imagination have the same value as the real world, when th...
Wallander si avviò verso il distributore di bevande. Ma si rese conto di non averemonete.Un uomo anziano con due grucce uscì da una stanza muovendosi con grande fatica.Quando Wallander gli chiese se p...
Trusting what a person says is always a risk. The truth is always provisional, while lies are often solid.
To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.
The truth is never simple. It’s only in the Western world that you think knowledge is something you can acquire quickly and easily. It takes time. The truth never hurries.
Someone must lead the way.
Perhaps tranquility is what distinguishes the environment in which wealthy people live, he thought. - Kurt Wallander
New ideas are always resisted.
Las desgracias y las tragedias despiertan en nosotros por lo general una curiosidad un tanto desagradable. Nos paramos cuando vemos que ha habido un accidente de coche. Miramos de reojo al pasar al la...