Jimmy har försökt att få alla gemensamt att börja kalla Parvanehs och Patricks kök för "Dödsstjärnan" och Ove för "Darth Ove". Ove begriper inte vad det ska betyda, men han misstänker att det är något fullkomligt idiotiskt (s. 308).
Fredrik Backman
The first thing that happens in a conflict is that we choose a side, because that's easier than trying to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time. The second thing that happens is that we seek out facts that confirm what we want to believe-comforting facts, ones that permit life to go on as normal. The third is that we dehumanize our enemy. There are many ways of doing that, but none is easier than taking her name away from her
We're bad losers, because a good loser is someone who loses a lot," Lars mutters.
Her laughter catches him on the back foot. As if it's carbonated and someone has poured it too fast and it's bubbling over in all directions. It doesn't fit at all with the grey cement and right-angled garden paving stones. It's an untidy, mischievous laugh that refuses to go along with rules and prescriptions.
People didn't know how to do that anymore, brew some proper coffee. In the same way as nowadays nobody could write with a pen. Because now it was all computers and espresso machines. And where was the world going if people couldn't even write or brew a pot of coffee?
When enough people are quiet for long enough, a handful of voices can give the impression that everyone is screaming.
On the biggest day of his life he is the loneliest boy on earth.
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