Author of quotes: Fredrik Backman

Friendship is difficult, but at the same time, nothing is simpler.

They say that children do not live as their parents teach them, but as their parents live. Perhaps this is true. But basically, children still live as they are taught.

- "I was wrong". These are good words. Remember them.

David held his hand on his girlfriend's belly, filled with love for a man he had never seen, feeling that his life was passing into the power of a non-existent love. His mother often said that every child is a heart transplant. Now he understood what she meant.

The love of a parent for a child is a strange thing. Every other love - for other people - begins somewhere. But we loved this man for an eternity, we loved him even before he was born. No matter how much you prepare, the first moment for all mothers and fathers is always a shock: when a wave of feelings overwhelms you and the ground disappears from under your feet. It is impossible to understand this because there is nothing to compare it with. It's like trying to describe the feeling of sand between your toes or snowflakes on your tongue to someone who has lived in a dark room all their life. The soul turns over.

It's not difficult to fight. It's hard to just start and finish. When you have already started, then instinct kicks in. The most difficult thing in any violence is to strike the first blow and, having gained the upper hand, stop in time and not strike the last one.

- When I spilled milk as a child, my father always punished me. It didn't make me any more dexterous. I just started to be afraid to take milk in my hands. Remember this.

An entrepreneur who does not move forward does not stand still, but moves backward.

There is nothing more difficult than admitting your own hypocrisy.

When those who are silent are most likely the majority, then even a handful of voices can be mistaken for a unanimous chorus

In the event of a conflict, the first thing we do is choose a side, because it’s easier than holding two opinions in our heads at the same time. Secondly, we look for facts that confirm what we want to believe, this is the most pleasant thing, it allows us to live on as if nothing had happened. Thirdly, we stop considering our enemy as a person. There are many ways to do this, but the simplest is to strip him of his name.

Hate can be a very inspiring emotion. The world ceases to be incomprehensible and frightening if you divide everyone into friends and enemies, friends and foes, good and bad. The easiest way to unite a group is not love at all, because love is difficult, love is demanding. And hatred is simple.

People grow up so inexorably fast.

Sometimes laughter is your salvation. A joke can bring a group together. Heal the wound, kill the silence.