The Deal of a Lifetime
Fredrik Backman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The only thing of value on Earth is time. One second will always be a second, there’s no negotiating with that.”
“You were always someone who could be happy. You don’t know how much of a blessing that is.”
“You're not scared. You're just grieving. No one tells you humans that your sorrow feels like fear.”
“Happy people don’t create anything, their world is one without art and music and skyscrapers, without discoveries and innovations. All leaders, all of your heroes, they’ve been obsessed. Happy people don’t get obsessed, they don’t devote their lives to curing illnesses or making planes take off. The happy leave nothing behind. They live for the sake of living, they’re only on earth as consumers. Not me.”
“We said very little, because there was too much I wanted to say. That's always when we fall silent.”
“I tried to make you tough. You ended up kind.”
“It’s bloody awful to admit to yourself that you’re not the kind of person you’ve always thought you were.”
“If we’re asked, “Are all lives worth the same?” the majority of us will reply with a resounding “Yes!” But only until someone points to a person we love and asks: “What about that life?”
“A second is always a second; that’s the one definitive value we have on earth.”
“You humans always think you’re ready to give your lives, but only until you understand what that really involves. You’re obsessed with your legacy, aren’t you? You can’t bear to die and be forgotten.”
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loss, backman, fear, humans, sadness, grieve, grieving, sorrow
