Every time Wallander stepped into someone's home, he felt as though he were looking at the front cover of a book that he had just bought
Henning MankellI'm a religious man," he said. "I don't believe in a particular
God, but even so one can have a faith, something beyond
the limits of rationality. Marxism has a large element of
built-in faith, although it claims to be a science and not
merely an ideology. This is my first visit to the West: until
now I have only been able to go to the Soviet Union or
Poland or the Baltic states. In your country I see an
abundance of material things. It seems to be unlimited. But
there's a difference between our countries that is also a
similarity. Both are poor. You see, poverty has different
faces. We lack the abundance that you have, and we don't
have the freedom of choice. In your country I detect a kind of poverty, which is that you do not need to fight for your
survival. For me the struggle has a religious dimension, and
I would not want to exchange that for your abundance.
Stichwörter: religion poverty marxism
When one historical period is replaced by another, there is
always a group of people left over from the old society
The
experience he'd gained during his years in the police force
had given him this unambiguous answer: there are no
murderers. Only ordinary people who commit murder
Every secret we confide in another
person can be a burden to them
one must occasionally stand the world on
its head in order to put it on its feet.
Stichwörter: marxism
Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.
Henning MankellThe game had started. Everybody was assuring everybody else how reliable they were. In fact, nobody trusted anybody but themselves
Henning MankellGod allowed no mistakes.
Henning MankellYou forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.
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