Jonas Jonasson quotes:

Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.

Benny gave her an admiring look. He had never heard a woman swear so much in such a short time. He thought it sounded delightful.

The very biggest and apparently most impossible conflicts on earth were based on the dialogue: 'You are stupid, no, it's you who are stupid.' The solution, said Allan, was often t down a bottle of vodka together and then look ahead.

But as long as we think positively, I'm sure a solution will appear.

Imagine that, death was just like being asleep. Would he have time to think before it was all over? And would he have time to think that he had thought it? But wait, how much do you have to think before you have finished thinking?

Allan onderbrak de broers op dat punt met de opmerking dat hij de wereld had gezien en als hij daar iets van had geleerd, dan was het dat de allergrootste en ogenschijnlijk onmogelijkste conflicten op aarde gemakkelijk voorkomen hadden kunnen worden: 'Jij bent dom, nee, jij bent dom, nee, jij bent dom.

The very biggest and apparently most impossible conflicts on earth were based on the dialogue: 'You are stupid, no, it's you who are stupid.' The solution, said Allan, was often t down a bottle of vodka together and then look ahed.

He told himself that he could die some other time, in some other place.

To think that Allan was going to enjoy one more breakfast in his life without porridge! That was good news indeed.

Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.

Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.

When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties,

Politics sometimes is not only unnecessary but also unnecessary complicated.