Henning Mankell Quotes

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Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost.

Henning Mankell
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

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Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as meaningless violence. Every violent act had a meaning for the person who committed it. Only when you dared accept this truth could you hope to turn society in another direction.

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I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.

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Every secret we confide in another
person can be a burden to them

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You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

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When one historical period is replaced by another, there is
always a group of people left over from the old society

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It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

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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.

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Dreams can be of value even if you don't have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

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Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

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We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.

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