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Fredrik Backman Quote: “We love winners, even though they’re very rarely particularly likeable people. They’re almost always obsessive and selfish and inconsiderate. That doesn’t matter. We forgive them. We like them while they’re winning.”

51. “We love winners, even though they’re very rarely particularly likeable people. They’re almost always obsessive and selfish and inconsiderate. That doesn’t matter. We forgive them. We like them while they’re winning.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “You can force people to obey you, but you can never force them to follow you. If you want them to play for you, they have to love you.”

52. “You can force people to obey you, but you can never force them to follow you. If you want them to play for you, they have to love you.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “To you who talk too much and sing too loud and cry too often and love something in life more than you should.”

53. “To you who talk too much and sing too loud and cry too often and love something in life more than you should.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “It’s hard to care about people. Exhausting, in fact, because empathy is a complicated thing. It requires us to accept that everyone else’s lives are also going on the whole time. We have no pause button for when everything gets too much for us to deal with, but then neither does anyone else.”

54. “It’s hard to care about people. Exhausting, in fact, because empathy is a complicated thing. It requires us to accept that everyone else’s lives are also going on the whole time. We have no pause button for when everything gets too much for us to deal with, but then neither does anyone else.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “You never have the sort of friends you have when you’re fifteen ever again. Even if you keep them for the rest of your life, it’s never the same as it was then.”

55. “You never have the sort of friends you have when you’re fifteen ever again. Even if you keep them for the rest of your life, it’s never the same as it was then.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time.”

56. “It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “But we weren’t ready to become adults. Someone should have stopped us.”

57. “But we weren’t ready to become adults. Someone should have stopped us.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “I’m not asking for brain surgery. I’m asking you to drive a car. It’s got an accelerator, a brake, and a clutch. Some of the greatest twits in world history have sorted out how it works. And you will as well.”

58. “I’m not asking for brain surgery. I’m asking you to drive a car. It’s got an accelerator, a brake, and a clutch. Some of the greatest twits in world history have sorted out how it works. And you will as well.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “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.”

59. “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.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Fish read in a book that in Heaven, you get to choose one moment from your life. Your best moment. And then you get to feel like that forever. She said it doesn’t matter if we live till we’re eighty then, because that’s just lots and lots and lots of nows. And one single really good now is enough.” “I had a lot of nows. Millions,” Joar says gratefully.”

60. “Fish read in a book that in Heaven, you get to choose one moment from your life. Your best moment. And then you get to feel like that forever. She said it doesn’t matter if we live till we’re eighty then, because that’s just lots and lots and lots of nows. And one single really good now is enough.” “I had a lot of nows. Millions,” Joar says gratefully.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Granny says people who think slowly always accuse quick thinkers of concentration problems. “Idiots can’t understand that non-idiots are done with a thought and already moving on to the next before they themselves have. That’s why idiots are always so scared and aggressive. Because nothing scares idiots more than a smart girl.”

61. “Granny says people who think slowly always accuse quick thinkers of concentration problems. “Idiots can’t understand that non-idiots are done with a thought and already moving on to the next before they themselves have. That’s why idiots are always so scared and aggressive. Because nothing scares idiots more than a smart girl.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “It just hurts so much at times, being human. Not understanding yourself, not liking the body you’re stuck in. Seeing your eyes in the mirror and wondering whose they are, always with the same question: “What’s wrong with me? Why do I feel like this?”

62. “It just hurts so much at times, being human. Not understanding yourself, not liking the body you’re stuck in. Seeing your eyes in the mirror and wondering whose they are, always with the same question: “What’s wrong with me? Why do I feel like this?”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “She suffers from being so organized – if you show you’re capable, you get even more to do, that’s the curse of being a smart girl.”

63. “She suffers from being so organized – if you show you’re capable, you get even more to do, that’s the curse of being a smart girl.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Het gecompliceerde aan goede en slechte mensen is dat de meesten van ons beide tegelijk kunnen zijn.”

64. “Het gecompliceerde aan goede en slechte mensen is dat de meesten van ons beide tegelijk kunnen zijn.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “What is life, other than moments? What is laughter, other than a small victory over sorrow? A single moment, just one, when everything inside us isn’t broken.”

65. “What is life, other than moments? What is laughter, other than a small victory over sorrow? A single moment, just one, when everything inside us isn’t broken.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Hockey is a simple sport: when your desire to win is stronger than your fear of losing, you have a chance. No one wins when they’re frightened.”

66. “Hockey is a simple sport: when your desire to win is stronger than your fear of losing, you have a chance. No one wins when they’re frightened.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.”

67. “Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “He’s the sort of person who runs toward a fire. No hesitation, no questions, he just runs. People like that are rare, but you know who they are when you see them.”

68. “He’s the sort of person who runs toward a fire. No hesitation, no questions, he just runs. People like that are rare, but you know who they are when you see them.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “No one ever said life was going to be easy.” Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing.”

69. “No one ever said life was going to be easy.” Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “And when enough people are quiet for long enough, a handful of voices can give the impression that everyone is screaming.”

70. “And when enough people are quiet for long enough, a handful of voices can give the impression that everyone is screaming.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Team before self. Club before individual.”

71. “Team before self. Club before individual.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “That most people don’t do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.”

72. “That most people don’t do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Everyone I know with any sense has two families, the one they were given and the one they chose. You can’t do anything about the first, but you can damn well take responsibility for the second!”

73. “Everyone I know with any sense has two families, the one they were given and the one they chose. You can’t do anything about the first, but you can damn well take responsibility for the second!”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “There are few words that are harder to explain than “loyalty.” It’s always regarded as a positive characteristic, because a lot of people would say that many of the best things people do for each other occur precisely because of loyalty. The only problem is that many of the very worst things we do to each other occur because of the same thing.”

74. “There are few words that are harder to explain than “loyalty.” It’s always regarded as a positive characteristic, because a lot of people would say that many of the best things people do for each other occur precisely because of loyalty. The only problem is that many of the very worst things we do to each other occur because of the same thing.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Falling in love with a place and falling in love with a person are related adventures. At first we run around street corners giggling and explore every inch of each other’s skin, over the years we get to know every cobblestone and strand of hair and snore, and the waters of time soften our passion into unfailing love, and in the end the eyes we wake up next to and the horizon outside our window are the same thing: home.”

75. “Falling in love with a place and falling in love with a person are related adventures. At first we run around street corners giggling and explore every inch of each other’s skin, over the years we get to know every cobblestone and strand of hair and snore, and the waters of time soften our passion into unfailing love, and in the end the eyes we wake up next to and the horizon outside our window are the same thing: home.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “We don’t have a plan, we just do our best to get through the day, because there’ll be another one coming along tomorrow.”

76. “We don’t have a plan, we just do our best to get through the day, because there’ll be another one coming along tomorrow.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “You try to be a good parent, in every way, but you never know how. It’s not a difficult job. Just impossible.”

77. “You try to be a good parent, in every way, but you never know how. It’s not a difficult job. Just impossible.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one. If you’re absent you’re committing one big mistake, but if you’re present the whole time you commit a million tiny ones, and teenagers keep a count. Oh, how they keep a count.”

78. “No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one. If you’re absent you’re committing one big mistake, but if you’re present the whole time you commit a million tiny ones, and teenagers keep a count. Oh, how they keep a count.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “A young man left Beartown in silence and when he came home again it was too late for words. You can’t look a gravestone in the eye and ask its forgiveness.”

79. “A young man left Beartown in silence and when he came home again it was too late for words. You can’t look a gravestone in the eye and ask its forgiveness.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “She got lost in my heart, I think. Couldn’t find her way out. Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator.”

80. “She got lost in my heart, I think. Couldn’t find her way out. Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Maya knows all too well that this silence can be like water. If you let it make its way too far in, it can freeze into ice and break your heart. Even then, in the police station in Hed, she knew she would survive this. Even then, she knew that her mom and dad wouldn’t. Parents don’t heal.”

81. “Maya knows all too well that this silence can be like water. If you let it make its way too far in, it can freeze into ice and break your heart. Even then, in the police station in Hed, she knew she would survive this. Even then, she knew that her mom and dad wouldn’t. Parents don’t heal.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “If you can’t depend on someone being on time, you shouldn’t trust them with anything more important either.”

82. “If you can’t depend on someone being on time, you shouldn’t trust them with anything more important either.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “I was born here but I’ve never gotten used to it; Helsingborg and I will never find peace. Maybe everyone feels that way about their hometown: the place we’re from never apologizes, never admits that it was wrong about us. It just sits there, at the end of the motorway, whispering: “You might be all rich and powerful now. And maybe you do come home with expensive watches and fancy clothes. But you can’t fool me, because I know who you really are. You’re just a scared little boy.”

83. “I was born here but I’ve never gotten used to it; Helsingborg and I will never find peace. Maybe everyone feels that way about their hometown: the place we’re from never apologizes, never admits that it was wrong about us. It just sits there, at the end of the motorway, whispering: “You might be all rich and powerful now. And maybe you do come home with expensive watches and fancy clothes. But you can’t fool me, because I know who you really are. You’re just a scared little boy.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people.”

84. “Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “One of the first things you learn as a leader, whether you choose the position of have it forced upon you, is that leadership is as much about what you don’t say as what you do say.”

85. “One of the first things you learn as a leader, whether you choose the position of have it forced upon you, is that leadership is as much about what you don’t say as what you do say.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Culture” is an odd word to use about hockey; everyone says it, but no one can explain what it means. All organizations like to boast that they’re building a culture, but when it comes down to it everyone really only cares about one sort: the culture of winning.”

86. “Culture” is an odd word to use about hockey; everyone says it, but no one can explain what it means. All organizations like to boast that they’re building a culture, but when it comes down to it everyone really only cares about one sort: the culture of winning.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “That’s the problem with dreams: you can get to the top of the mountain and discover that you’re scared of heights.”

87. “That’s the problem with dreams: you can get to the top of the mountain and discover that you’re scared of heights.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Art is coincidence. Love is chaos.”

88. “Art is coincidence. Love is chaos.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “What feels comfortable for the parents isn’t what’s best for the child...”

89. “What feels comfortable for the parents isn’t what’s best for the child...”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “One year? What wouldn’t we give for one more year? A year is an eternity.”

90. “One year? What wouldn’t we give for one more year? A year is an eternity.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “The end of life is as unstoppable as its beginning, we can’t stop the first and last breaths we take any more than we can stop the wind.”

91. “The end of life is as unstoppable as its beginning, we can’t stop the first and last breaths we take any more than we can stop the wind.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “When Granny was headed for some far-off place, you could only be sure of one thing: that it was a place everyone else was trying to get away from. And if anyone asked her why she was doing it, she’d answer, “I’m a doctor, for God’s sake, and ever since I became one I’ve not allowed myself the luxury of choosing whose life I should be saving.”

92. “When Granny was headed for some far-off place, you could only be sure of one thing: that it was a place everyone else was trying to get away from. And if anyone asked her why she was doing it, she’d answer, “I’m a doctor, for God’s sake, and ever since I became one I’ve not allowed myself the luxury of choosing whose life I should be saving.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “All that awaited her were a thousand sunrises where life is a beautiful prison.”

93. “All that awaited her were a thousand sunrises where life is a beautiful prison.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Do you remember what you always said when we went fishing on the island and slept in the tent? There’s nothing wrong with being a bit scared, you said, because if you wet yourself it’ll keep the bears away!”

94. “Do you remember what you always said when we went fishing on the island and slept in the tent? There’s nothing wrong with being a bit scared, you said, because if you wet yourself it’ll keep the bears away!”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Grief and anger can reprogram a brain like chemicals and drugs do. Maybe there’s a time bomb inside some people’s heads the whole time, just waiting for a switch to be thrown.”

95. “Grief and anger can reprogram a brain like chemicals and drugs do. Maybe there’s a time bomb inside some people’s heads the whole time, just waiting for a switch to be thrown.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Big secrets turn us into small men.” Benji.”

96. “Big secrets turn us into small men.” Benji.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “This hurts too much to touch with words. It was the man at the undertakers’ who showed the quotation to the Ovich sisters. “My favorite poet, Bodil Malmsten,” the man said, a little embarrassed at his own declaration of love. Now she’s the Ovich sisters’ favorite poet too.”

97. “This hurts too much to touch with words. It was the man at the undertakers’ who showed the quotation to the Ovich sisters. “My favorite poet, Bodil Malmsten,” the man said, a little embarrassed at his own declaration of love. Now she’s the Ovich sisters’ favorite poet too.”

— Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman Quote: “This hurts too much to touch with words.”

98. “This hurts too much to touch with words.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward. When a child is born, its parents dream of it being as unique as possible, until it gets ill, when suddenly all they want is for everything to be normal.”

99. “Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward. When a child is born, its parents dream of it being as unique as possible, until it gets ill, when suddenly all they want is for everything to be normal.”

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Fredrik Backman Quote: “One of the last times she met her neighbor in the elevator he gave her a very thick book, written by a man. He had underlined one sentence, several hundred pages in: We are asleep until we fall in love. Estelle gave him a book in exchange, one written by a woman, so it didn’t need hundreds of pages to say things. Close to the start Estelle had underlined: Love is wanting you to exist.”

100. “One of the last times she met her neighbor in the elevator he gave her a very thick book, written by a man. He had underlined one sentence, several hundred pages in: We are asleep until we fall in love. Estelle gave him a book in exchange, one written by a woman, so it didn’t need hundreds of pages to say things. Close to the start Estelle had underlined: Love is wanting you to exist.”

— Fredrik Backman

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