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Top 15 Karin Fossum Quotes (2025 Update)

Karin Fossum Quote: “If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there – it’s that simple.”

1. “If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there – it’s that simple.”

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Karin Fossum Quote: “I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community – the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don’t know what it would be like.”

2. “I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community – the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don’t know what it would be like.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “You have a daughter who’s been through puberty,” he said inquisitively. “So what was it like?” “Oh,” Sejer said, looking out the window. “It was mostly Elise who handled that type of thing. But I do remember it. Puberty is a really rough time. She was a sunbeam until she turned thirteen, then she began to snarl. She snarled until she was fourteen, then she began to bark. And then it wore off.”

3. “You have a daughter who’s been through puberty,” he said inquisitively. “So what was it like?” “Oh,” Sejer said, looking out the window. “It was mostly Elise who handled that type of thing. But I do remember it. Puberty is a really rough time. She was a sunbeam until she turned thirteen, then she began to snarl. She snarled until she was fourteen, then she began to bark. And then it wore off.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.”

4. “Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “If we don’t believe in the Devil, we won’t be able to recognize him when he suddenly shows up.”

5. “If we don’t believe in the Devil, we won’t be able to recognize him when he suddenly shows up.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry.”

6. “I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.”

7. “It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It’s such a blow.”

8. “I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It’s such a blow.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “How can you know you’re a good person if your life has been nothing but plain sailing?”

9. “How can you know you’re a good person if your life has been nothing but plain sailing?”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Do you know Oslo well?” Sejer asked, surprised. “I drove a taxi there for two years.” “Is there anything you haven’t done?” “I’ve never done any skydiving.”

10. “Do you know Oslo well?” Sejer asked, surprised. “I drove a taxi there for two years.” “Is there anything you haven’t done?” “I’ve never done any skydiving.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “If you like someone, you’ll believe anything they say,” Matteus said. “Think about that for a while. When you sit in your office talking to Johnny Beskow.”

11. “If you like someone, you’ll believe anything they say,” Matteus said. “Think about that for a while. When you sit in your office talking to Johnny Beskow.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Grieving is something we have to live with, it’s a constant battle. And the enemy is the rest of our lives. All those nights. All those hours.”

12. “Grieving is something we have to live with, it’s a constant battle. And the enemy is the rest of our lives. All those nights. All those hours.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That’s where my heart lies.”

13. “Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That’s where my heart lies.”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Why did criminals have so many rights? Why were they entitled to respect and understanding? Had they not acted so unlawfully that these rights should be stripped from them?”

14. “Why did criminals have so many rights? Why were they entitled to respect and understanding? Had they not acted so unlawfully that these rights should be stripped from them?”

— Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum Quote: “Now while it’s hanging in the gallery I pine for it. But once it’s on my own wall, perhaps it will be different – once it’s here all the time, every time I lift my eyes... when I come into the living room in the morning and in the evening... Will it make me happy? Yes, a voice inside him said, it will make you happy.”

15. “Now while it’s hanging in the gallery I pine for it. But once it’s on my own wall, perhaps it will be different – once it’s here all the time, every time I lift my eyes... when I come into the living room in the morning and in the evening... Will it make me happy? Yes, a voice inside him said, it will make you happy.”

— Karin Fossum

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