He had never been particularly inclined to philosophical meditation. He had never felt a need to delve into himself. Life was a continual interplay among various practical questions awaiting a solutio...
Everybody had within himself a secret room, it seemed to him, where memories and recollections were all jumbled up together.
There was always somebody at the top who dictated the terms, specifically or by implication, that those below had to accept. - Kurt Wallander
The passage of time was relentless and capricious, and one would lose the battle with it in the end. The only resistance a man could offer was to make the most of time, exploit it without trying to pr...
Recalling the dream was like trying to follow a ship into fog.
My grandfather had dominated my childhood out on the island, but my grandmother had been there too, providing the security I didn’t recognise or value until I was an adult.
Le plus dur, c'est d'être femme. Etre femme et aspirer à autre chose que de passer sa vie dans la cuisine. Autrement dit: avoir du courage, oser aller plus loin.
In the biological world children are the sole purpose. Nothing else matters.
I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.
Even as a ten-year-old, the incident made it clear to me that people are never completely what we believe they are. Including me. There is always something unexpected within those we meet, those we th...
Aunque más adelante he elegido mal de vez en cuando en la vida, nunca podrá compararse con la derrota que supone no elegir en absoluto.
At that age, they’re as happy as they can be. Life seems endless, the sorrows few.
Among all the nonsense, mistakes, and bad ideas we come up with, maybe some truth will sneak in.
Явно така се става възрастен - правиш и казваш неща, съвършено непонятни за децата.
One must occasionally stand the world onits head in order to put it on its feet.
Fighting crime is simply a question of endurance; about which side can outlast the other.
Where do our habits come from? he thought. What secret factory produces our habits, both good and bad? Ellen Magnusson
Valor y miedo van siempre de la mano. Hace falta valor para vivir y valor para morir.
Träume können ihren Wert haben, selbst wenn man sie nicht verwirklichen kann.
Traces of a crime need to be coaxed out, not rushed.