

“He had never heard anything quite as amazing as that voice. She talked as if she was continuously on the verge of breaking into giggles. And when she giggled she sounded the way Ove imagined champagne bubbles would have sounded if they were capable of laughter.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove

“Because this was what Ove had learned: if one didn’t have anything to say, one had to find something to ask. If there was one thing that made people forget to dislike one, it was when they were given the opportunity to talk about themselves.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove

“They never had much, but they always had enough.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“You're single not because you are not good enough for one, it's that you're too good for the wrong one.”
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“One finds a way of living for the sake of someone else's future. And it wasn't as if Ove also died when Sonja left him. He just stopped living.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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