Quotes from Kjell Eriksson

Death comes to us all, that is the only thing we can be certain of. It makes no difference whether it is a thief in a garbage dump or a policeman in the line of duty. When someone dies at the hands of another, the pain for the survivors is the same.

If we just had the time, he thought, and would often say, we could manage these kids as well. All they lacked was time and resources.

Lindell had seen too many of these women who subordinated themselves, but could also feel the temptation of giving in to a more traditional woman's role. It would be so easy to be like her mother. So seemingly secure.

It had also become harder to discuss this with his colleagues. All too often Sammy's speeches about the importance of good neighborhoods and schools were met only with dismissive comments. It was self-evident, it was written on every wall, they seemed to say,

A person has to find a place where they fit in, that's all.

What a way to go," he said. "Everyone putting your life under the microscope. What if we paid that kind of attention to people while they were alive?

Berglund was certainly aware of the fact that there were two cities, two Uppsalas: Oskar's and the skånkarna's, with their academic degrees. You didn't hear people talk about it much anymore, but you still felt the effects of this division.

It was about a class system, the fact that the underclass, Oskar and Albin, always slipped off the roofs of the rich folk.

Thoughts roamed like lost dogs through

Life was a mixture of coincidence and hopes that often ran out in the sand.