[Rakel] It feels a bit like jumping out of a burning house. Falling is better than burning.

[Harry] At least until you land.

[Rakel] I've come to realize that falling and living have certain things in common. For a start, both are very temporary states of being.

Jo Nesbø


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...stereotypes were self-reinforcing because unconsciously you were looking for things to confirm them. That was why policemen thought – based on so-called experience – that all criminals were stupid, and criminals thought the same about all policemen.

Jo Nesbø


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Sick is a relative concept. We’re all sick. The question is, what degree of functionality do we have with respect to the rules society sets for desirable behavior? No actions are in themselves symptoms of sickness. You have to look at the context within which these actions are performed.

Jo Nesbø

Tags: fiction crime harry-hole scandinavian-mysteries



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Harry lit up, drew the smoke deep into his lungs and tried to imagine the blood vessels in the wall of the lung greedily absorbing the nicotine. Life was becoming shorter and the thought that he would never stop smoking filled him with a strange satisfaction.

Jo Nesbø


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Losing your ife is not the worst think that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.

Jo Nesbø


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Bolest je rastezljiv pojam.Svi smo mi bolesni. Pitanje je samo u kojoj se mjeri možemo prilagoditi društveno prihvaćenim normama ponašanja.

Jo Nesbø


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Он давно уже обратил внимание, что музыканты-бунтари – кумиры его молодости – с годами, как правило, оседают отнюдь не на бунтарских радиоканалах. Харри прекрасно понимал, что это может означать только одно – он тоже стареет.

Jo Nesbø


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Wilhelm’s smile reminded Harry of his father’s sad, resigned smile, the smile of a man looking backwards because that’s where the things that made him smile were.

Jo Nesbø

Tags: past memories heartache



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no one is as they seem, and most of life, apart from honest betrayal, is lies and deceit. And the day we discover we are no different is the day we no longer want to live.

Jo Nesbø

Tags: lies death betrayal deciet human-failings



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To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

Jo Nesbø

Tags: love chances destroyed



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