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Jo Nesbo quotes: The truth we make for ourselves is just the sum of what is in someone's interest, balanced by the power they hold. The truth we make for ourselves is just the sum of what is in someone's interest, balanced by the power they hold.
Jo Nesbo quotes: longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough. longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Everything you do leaves traces, doesn't it. The life you've lived is written all over you, for those who can read. Everything you do leaves traces, doesn't it. The life you've lived is written all over you, for those who can read.
Jo Nesbo quotes: When people use statistics, in 72% of cases, they've made them up on the spur of the moment. Katrine Bratt When people use statistics, in 72% of cases, they've made them up on the spur of the moment. Katrine Bratt
Jo Nesbo quotes: Everyone asks what the meaning of life is, but no one asks about the meaning of death. Everyone asks what the meaning of life is, but no one asks about the meaning of death.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Because we're the police,' Harry said. 'And not giggling concubines. Because we're the police,' Harry said. 'And not giggling concubines.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Let me say here and now that faith has never done me any good, only doubt. So that is what has become my testament. Let me say here and now that faith has never done me any good, only doubt. So that is what has become my testament.
Jo Nesbo quotes: already imprisoned inside themselves. Prisons of hatred and self-contempt he recognised all too well. already imprisoned inside themselves. Prisons of hatred and self-contempt he recognised all too well.
Jo Nesbo quotes: He saw beauty where no one could imagine it. And for that reason it was his alone. And he was its. He saw beauty where no one could imagine it. And for that reason it was his alone. And he was its.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Fate. Hell and karma. It's what governs our lives. Fate. Hell and karma. It's what governs our lives.
Jo Nesbo quotes: A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others. A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others.
Jo Nesbo quotes: We all drink according to how thirsty we are'. We all drink according to how thirsty we are'.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Should a person be punished for showing no consideration towards an idiot behaving like an idiot? Should a person be punished for showing no consideration towards an idiot behaving like an idiot?
Jo Nesbo quotes: Never apologise for the questions you asked; apologise for the ones you didn't ask.' The Never apologise for the questions you asked; apologise for the ones you didn't ask.' The
Jo Nesbo quotes: The door here is high, and the gate is wide. The door here is high, and the gate is wide.
Jo Nesbo quotes: What was it Harry used to say? Intuition is only the sum of many small but specific things the brain hasn't managed to put a name to yet. What was it Harry used to say? Intuition is only the sum of many small but specific things the brain hasn't managed to put a name to yet.
Jo Nesbo quotes: As usual, he had escaped into his work when his private life became too much of a burden. It was typical of a certain type of man, he had read. As usual, he had escaped into his work when his private life became too much of a burden. It was typical of a certain type of man, he had read.
Jo Nesbo quotes: you should never postpone your pleasures, that there was no guarantee that you would live another day. you should never postpone your pleasures, that there was no guarantee that you would live another day.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Because the thought that we weren't happy at least for some time during our lives is unbearable. Adults Because the thought that we weren't happy at least for some time during our lives is unbearable. Adults
Jo Nesbo quotes: The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Fourteen minutes later he had finished. He had presented the Fourteen minutes later he had finished. He had presented the
Jo Nesbo quotes: There's a strong social urge in man to be needed. There's a strong social urge in man to be needed.
Jo Nesbo quotes: A tone can't be off-key. A tone isn't off- key until it is set alongside other tones. - Harry Hole A tone can't be off-key. A tone isn't off- key until it is set alongside other tones. - Harry Hole
Jo Nesbo quotes: Threats generally work best when delivered in a neutral key. Threats generally work best when delivered in a neutral key.
Jo Nesbo quotes: After the show the bar began to thin out. Birgitta After the show the bar began to thin out. Birgitta
Jo Nesbo quotes: I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much. I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much.
Jo Nesbo quotes: I'm working on a large project which I hope will become a book. A war book.' 'Hasn't someone already written that one? I'm working on a large project which I hope will become a book. A war book.' 'Hasn't someone already written that one?
Jo Nesbo quotes: Love is a greater mystery than death. Love is a greater mystery than death.
Jo Nesbo quotes: The social space between people who don't know each other is form one to three and a half metres. - Beate Lonne The social space between people who don't know each other is form one to three and a half metres. - Beate Lonne
Jo Nesbo quotes: What is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die. What is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die.
Jo Nesbo quotes: there were gods who needed to be worshipped and placated, and the currency for that was blood. there were gods who needed to be worshipped and placated, and the currency for that was blood.
Jo Nesbo quotes: We're doomed to be do-gooders for the rest of our lives and doomed to fail. But, happily, truth is a relative business. We're doomed to be do-gooders for the rest of our lives and doomed to fail. But, happily, truth is a relative business.
Jo Nesbo quotes: All interesting heroes have an Achilles' heel. All interesting heroes have an Achilles' heel.
Jo Nesbo quotes: I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books. I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.
Jo Nesbo quotes: He feels a need to be understood. Most people do, you know. He feels a need to be understood. Most people do, you know.
Jo Nesbo quotes: frightening? Vigdis A. panted frightening? Vigdis A. panted
Jo Nesbo quotes: Revenge, revenge, revenge. Did you know that humans are the only living creatures to practise revenge? The interesting thing about revenge - Revenge, revenge, revenge. Did you know that humans are the only living creatures to practise revenge? The interesting thing about revenge -
Jo Nesbo quotes: In a nutshell, Harry, they're two sides of the same coin. Life becomes a living hell, but the alternative is even worse. Ha In a nutshell, Harry, they're two sides of the same coin. Life becomes a living hell, but the alternative is even worse. Ha
Jo Nesbo quotes: The statistical probability of being murdered in Norway was about one in ten thousand. When The statistical probability of being murdered in Norway was about one in ten thousand. When
Jo Nesbo quotes: The goddess Nemesis, Bertol Grimmer's favourite motif after the War. The goddess of revenge. The goddess Nemesis, Bertol Grimmer's favourite motif after the War. The goddess of revenge.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Most of the water, however, did not run into the wall, but down it, because water, like cowardice and lust, always finds the lowest level. Most of the water, however, did not run into the wall, but down it, because water, like cowardice and lust, always finds the lowest level.
Jo Nesbo quotes: There's only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire. There's only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.
Jo Nesbo quotes: You also live in Holmenkollen?' 'Close by. Or quite close by. Bislett. You also live in Holmenkollen?' 'Close by. Or quite close by. Bislett.
Jo Nesbo quotes: To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside
Jo Nesbo quotes: Had kicked the chair away from underneath him. That's why he clawed his own neck Had kicked the chair away from underneath him. That's why he clawed his own neck
Jo Nesbo quotes: Good police officers are ugly.' * Good police officers are ugly.' *
Jo Nesbo quotes: Balance is of the essence,' she said. 'That appies to all good, harmonious relationships. Balance in guilt, balance in shame and pangs of conscience. Balance is of the essence,' she said. 'That appies to all good, harmonious relationships. Balance in guilt, balance in shame and pangs of conscience.
Jo Nesbo quotes: If every baby was a perfect miracle, life was basically a process of degeneration. If every baby was a perfect miracle, life was basically a process of degeneration.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Harry had underrated intuition before, both other people's and his own, and it had been to his cost every time without exception. Harry had underrated intuition before, both other people's and his own, and it had been to his cost every time without exception.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Sometimes we're wrong when we think that we know the truth about our parents. Sometimes we're wrong when we think that we know the truth about our parents.
Jo Nesbo quotes: A charming arsehole, isn't that what they're called? A charming arsehole, isn't that what they're called?
Jo Nesbo quotes: to join a red puddle on the stairs. Her arms were pulled up above her lolling head. Her wrists to join a red puddle on the stairs. Her arms were pulled up above her lolling head. Her wrists
Jo Nesbo quotes: There was only one thing emptier than having lived without love, and that was having lived without pain. There was only one thing emptier than having lived without love, and that was having lived without pain.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Ceri loves Sci-Fi - " Game of Thrones "also - Harry Hole , Lisbeeth Salander, Funky Scando Fiction, Supports Swans, Nirvana, Ceri loves Sci-Fi - " Game of Thrones "
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Jo Nesbo quotes: change of scene. A new start. And it worked. change of scene. A new start. And it worked.
Jo Nesbo quotes: that it was impossible to get rid of it without that it was impossible to get rid of it without
Jo Nesbo quotes: a man does not become the leader of a flock through brute strength but through his ability to read situations correctly. a man does not become the leader of a flock through brute strength but through his ability to read situations correctly.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Rikshospital. He was in the rhythm now. Time was not chopped up by events; it flowed in an even stream. Rikshospital. He was in the rhythm now. Time was not chopped up by events; it flowed in an even stream.
Jo Nesbo quotes: case in California about a senator who - ' Harry case in California about a senator who - ' Harry
Jo Nesbo quotes: A son's responsibility isn't to be like his father, but to be better than him. A son's responsibility isn't to be like his father, but to be better than him.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel.
Jo Nesbo quotes: The human soul was a deep, dark forest and all decisions are made alone. The human soul was a deep, dark forest and all decisions are made alone.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Innocence walks hand-in-hand with ignorance. How insight never clarifies, only complicates. Innocence walks hand-in-hand with ignorance. How insight never clarifies, only complicates.
Jo Nesbo quotes: I'm thinking about how lucky I am," he said. "Because I have you. Because I have I'm thinking about how lucky I am," he said. "Because I have you. Because I have
Jo Nesbo quotes: Doubt is faith's shadow. Doubt is faith's shadow.
Jo Nesbo quotes: It's strange, but when your father has gone you suddenly discover that the choices you have made were as much for him as for yourself. It's strange, but when your father has gone you suddenly discover that the choices you have made were as much for him as for yourself.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Are you dying?"Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry. Are you dying?"
Cato lit his cigarette. "It's not acute, perhaps, but we're all dying, Harry.
Jo Nesbo quotes: No, of love. It's the same currency. Everything starts with love. Hatred is just the other side of the coin. No, of love. It's the same currency. Everything starts with love. Hatred is just the other side of the coin.
Jo Nesbo quotes: In any conflict we instinctively take the side of those who look most like us. In any conflict we instinctively take the side of those who look most like us.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction. Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.
Jo Nesbo quotes: The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated. The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated.
Jo Nesbo quotes: They say that life expectancy is higher for right-handed people than for left-handed. They say that life expectancy is higher for right-handed people than for left-handed.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Insanity just is, a kind of natural disaster that strikes out of the blue, the kind of thing that can happen. Insanity just is, a kind of natural disaster that strikes out of the blue, the kind of thing that can happen.
Jo Nesbo quotes: The great thing about facts is that you don't have to ponder whether they're desirable or not. The great thing about facts is that you don't have to ponder whether they're desirable or not.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Don't forget that in Thailand you're brought up never to admit a mistake. Don't forget that in Thailand you're brought up never to admit a mistake.
Jo Nesbo quotes: We're probably more like our parents than we'd like to believe. We're probably more like our parents than we'd like to believe.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Heredity. It's like going to a fortune-teller and regretting it. As human beings, we tend not to like things we can't avoid. Death, for instance. Heredity. It's like going to a fortune-teller and regretting it. As human beings, we tend not to like things we can't avoid. Death, for instance.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Because they drive on the left in China, Because they drive on the left in China,
Jo Nesbo quotes: than those we arrested here than those we arrested here
Jo Nesbo quotes: Watched the close-cropped, long-legged policeman with the bad back stride quickly out of the canteen. Watched the close-cropped, long-legged policeman with the bad back stride quickly out of the canteen.
Jo Nesbo quotes: The brain works best between half past six and eleven. After that it's mush, The brain works best between half past six and eleven. After that it's mush,
Jo Nesbo quotes: My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.' My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.'
Jo Nesbo quotes: To err is human, to forgive is divine. To err is human, to forgive is divine.
Jo Nesbo quotes: If life is such a painful experience and we can't change that, why can't this person just be allowed to die? If life is such a painful experience and we can't change that, why can't this person just be allowed to die?
Jo Nesbo quotes: A rat is neither good nor evil. It just does what a rat is suppose to do. From Phantom A rat is neither good nor evil. It just does what a rat is suppose to do. From Phantom
Jo Nesbo quotes: Christ, we're living in Sydney, the only town in the world where people are closet heteros. Christ, we're living in Sydney, the only town in the world where people are closet heteros.
Jo Nesbo quotes: . . we know . . . we . . . uh, what was that again? . . we know . . . we . . . uh, what was that again?
Jo Nesbo quotes: Aristotle wrote that the human soul is purged by the fear and compassion that tragedy evokes. Aristotle wrote that the human soul is purged by the fear and compassion that tragedy evokes.
Jo Nesbo quotes: I think it's possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you've realized something, it's too late. I think it's possible to learn. The problem is that we learn so damned slowly, so that by the time you've realized something, it's too late.
Jo Nesbo quotes: As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last. As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last.
Jo Nesbo quotes: You can't see a person more nakedly than that, when they don't know they're being watched, studied. You can't see a person more nakedly than that, when they don't know they're being watched, studied.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean. Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Buildings on the riverbank. He took the last hundred-krone notes and put them in his money belt. He had heard that in St. Petersburg Buildings on the riverbank. He took the last hundred-krone notes and put them in his money belt. He had heard that in St. Petersburg
Jo Nesbo quotes: I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson. I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson.
Jo Nesbo quotes: If you are unable to feel fear, you cannot be courageous. If you are unable to feel fear, you cannot be courageous.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Oppression often turns out to be the expectations we impose on ourselves and the expectations we interpret those around us as having. Oppression often turns out to be the expectations we impose on ourselves and the expectations we interpret those around us as having.
Jo Nesbo quotes: Did you know that darkness has a taste, Grandma? Did you know that darkness has a taste, Grandma?
Jo Nesbo quotes: They're so rich and revered that they have neither electricity nor running water. Only social climbers have a sauna and a Jacuzzi. They're so rich and revered that they have neither electricity nor running water. Only social climbers have a sauna and a Jacuzzi.
Jo Nesbo quotes: I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.
Jo Nesbo quotes: You know someone's okay if they can ignore things they can't do anything about and move on. You know someone's okay if they can ignore things they can't do anything about and move on.

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