Anders Quotes in En man som heter Ove (2015)

Ove: The dog must stop peeing at our place.

Mähät: Don't listen to the mean old man, Prince. Anders! Did you see that? The old man tried to kill Prince.

Anders: What did you do to the dog?

Ove: That's not a dog. It looks like a winter boot with eyes.

Anders: [calmly and matter-of-factly to Jack, strapped to a crude rack] For my money, torture is a flawed method of extracting information. But... it's the only one we've got. Now, perhaps it's a failure of imagination - certainly of technology, because a lie detector can tell us that you're telling us a lie, but it can't compel you to tell the truth. You see what I mean. Any way, we're gonna torture you, Jack, and then we'll see what's what...

Anders: Ah, when creation shows so much beauty, how radiant must be the source!

Hitch Hiking Sara: [to the Professor and Marianne] He is going to be a minister and Anders a doctor.

Viktor: Reciting poetry is against our agreement not to discuss God or science on the trip.

Hitch Hiking Sara: It was beautiful.

Viktor: How can anyone today study to become a minister!

Anders: Your rationalism is as dry as dust.

Viktor: I say that modern man...

Anders: I say that...

Viktor: Believes in only himself and his biological death.

Anders: Modern man is a figment of your imagination. Man regards death with horror.

Viktor: Religion for the people. Opium for the aching limb.

Hitch Hiking Sara: How *sweet* they both are! I always believe with the one I spoke to last.

Anders: It will get better. Everything will be alright.

[laughing]

Anders: Except it won't, you know.

Anders: Look at my life. I'm 34 years old. I've got nothing. I don't want to start from scratch.

Anders: He taught me to bike, row, how you can exceed speed limit by 20% without getting busted. 60 at 50, 108 at 90. She spoke of adult matters in English. She taught me to always floss. To put things back where they belong. They hated reactionaries, but waited years before buying a VCR. They were both from Oslo, remembered places we passed. Slightly deaf, he insisted on hearing the absurd: What do you think is best? Got waffles on your chest? They thought intellectual achievement was superior to sports success. They were sympathetic to celebrities who protected their privacy. They made me a critical reader, comtemptuous of the less eloquent. But anyone i brought home got a warm welcome. They never missed the evening news. He took a test, then proudly told us he had an artistic personality. He said people who valued military experience were dull. She held a tolerant view on drugs. He wanted to ban barbecuing in parks. Democracy was just the best alternative. She thought Bardot should help people, not animals. They respected my privacy. Maybe too much. They taught me religion is a weakness. I don't know if i agree. They never taught me to cook or to build a relationship, but they seemed happy. They never told me how friendship dissolves. Until you're strangers, friends in name only. They let me be picky about food. She said I could do as I wished. Decide what to be, who to love, where to live. They would always help me. They were stricter with my sister than me.

[last lines]

Anders: Kator calling command ship, send advance parties immediately. I've now established humans high in protein... and easy prey.